Food crop potential of tropical trees

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 313-326

  Cannell, M G R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FOOD; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; TREES;

EID: 0024925015     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479700014836     Document Type: Article

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