Fungal biology in the 21st century

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1406-1418

  Maheshwari, Ramesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 27744453098     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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