Breeding Hevea brasiliensis for environmental constraints

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 79, Issue , 2003, Pages 351-400

  Priyadarshan, P M ^a  

^a RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Ecology; Hardseed; Management; Seed reserves; Subterranean clover; Trifolium subterraneum

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144446387     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(02)79007-X     Document Type: Review

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