Balancing public and private sector roles in an effective seed supply system

Field Crops Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 105-122

  Loch, D S ^a   Boyce, K G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b Seed Quality Management Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intellectual property; Private sector; Public sector; Seed quality; Seed supply systems

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

SEED SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

SEED;

SEED;

EID: 0348047245     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00144-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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