Potential of South African members of the Amaryllidaceae for new crop development

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 570, Issue , 2002, Pages 359-365

  Niederwieser, J G ^a   Terblanche, M ^a   Spreeth, M H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cyrtanthus; Flower bulb crop; Genebank

Indexed keywords

AMARYLLIDACEAE; CYRTANTHUS;

EID: 3042628568     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.570.50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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