Accelerating the commercialization of home-grown genetically engineered crops

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 716-721

  Tuli, Rakesh ^a   Bhatia, C R ^b  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

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EID: 18244372485     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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