Plant genetic resources and freedom to operate

Euphytica

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Le Buanec, Bernard ^a  

^a International Seed Federation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access benefit sharing; Genetic resources; Intellectual property

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244459694     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-005-0535-5     Document Type: Review

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