Larger strawberries through plant breeding

Bringhurst, R; Voth, V

Larger strawberries through plant breeding

Authors

R. S. Bringhurst
Victor Voth

Authors Affiliations

R. S. Bringhurst is Associate Professor of Pomology, University of California, Davis; Victor Voth is Associate Specialist in Pomology, University of California, Davis, located at the South Coast Field Station, Santa Ana.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 14(2):8-8. DOI:10.3733/ca.v014n02p8. February 1960.

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Abstract

Larger strawberries is one of the prime objectives of the current plant breeding program because harvesting cost decreases as frun. size increases.

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