The contribution of the discovery of wild emmer to an understanding of wheat evolution and domestication and to wheat improvement

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue , 2001, Pages 25-36

  Feldman, Moshe ^a   Millet, Eitan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTICATION; EVOLUTION; WHEAT;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM;

EID: 0034852402     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/JCMX-WGXM-D40G-BG4P     Document Type: Article

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