Physiological characters underpinning cultivar differences in spear yield of field-grown asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.)

Although it has long been recognized that genetic variation in spear yield in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is related to the amount of storage carbohydrate reserve in the storage roots, which in turn is linked to photoassimilate production in the previous season, the physiological basis for...

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Main Author: Guo, Jianmin
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Botany 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5648