Balancing basic, genetic enhancement and cultivar development research in an evolving us plant germplasm system

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Traxler, Greg ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop improvement; Research policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004628221     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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