Lycopene Content and Fruit Morphology of Red, Pink, Orange, and Yellow Fleshed Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Germplasm Collections |
Noh, Jae-Jong
(Jeonbuk Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Hur, On-Sook (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) Ro, Na-Young (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) Lee, Jae-Eun (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) Hwang, Ae-Jin (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) Kim, Bit-Sam (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) Rhee, Ju-hee (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) Yi, Jung Yoon (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) Kim, Ji Hyun (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) Lee, Ho-Sun (International Technology Cooperation Center, RDA) Sung, Jung-Sook (Upland Crop Breeding Division, Department of Southern Area Crop Science, National Institute of Crop Science, RDA) Kim, Myung-Kon (Department of Food Science and Technology, Jeonbuk National University) Assefa, Awraris Derbie (National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA) |
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