Cucurbits

Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 729-757

  Schaffer, Arthur A ^a   Pharr, D Mason ^b   Madore, Monica A ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203743539     Document Type: Chapter

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