Biotechnology with horticultural and agronomic crops in Africa

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 642, Issue , 2004, Pages 43-56

  Ortiz, Rodomiro ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b C/o LW Lambourn and Co Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banana; Cacao; Cassava; Cowpea; Diagnostics; DNA fingerprinting; Genomics; Maize; Micropropagation; Plantain; Sweetpotato; Transgenics; Yams

Indexed keywords

EID: 15444377590     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.642.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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