Culture collections in Canada: Perspectives and problems

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-47

  Sigler, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Culture collections; Microbial genetic resource centres; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042527553     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660409507110     Document Type: Article

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