Specialty melon yield and quality response to grafting in trials conducted in the southeastern United States

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1086, Issue , 2015, Pages 269-278

  Schultheis, J ^a   Thompson, W ^a   Hassell, R ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Carnivor' rootstock; Cucumis melo var. reticulatus; Flesh firmness; Fruit size; Inodorus; Soluble solids; Squash interspecific hybrid

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. CANTALUPENSIS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS;

EID: 84940106039     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1086.34     Document Type: Article

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