Developing Midstearic Acid Sunflower Lines from a High Stearic Acid Mutant

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-75

  Pérez Vich, Begoña ^a   Muñoz Ruz, Juan ^a   Fernández Martínez, José M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

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HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 0346398144     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.7000b     Document Type: Article

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