Ecophysiology of bananas: The generation and functioning of the leaf canopy

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 490, Issue , 1998, Pages 211-221

  Turner, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0004003097     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.490.21     Document Type: Review

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