Phenological and Pomological Evaluation Reveals High Diversity among Walnut Populations in Southwestern Iran

Subject Areas : Walnut

Saadat  Sarikhani ¹ (Departments of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Tehran, Iran)
Kazem  Arzani ² (Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran)
Mahmoud  Roozban ³ (Departments of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Tehran, Iran)
Kourosh  Vahdati ⁴ (Departments of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2022-11-02 Accepted : 2023-02-05 Published : 2023-06-01

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