The effects of the US Plant Variety Protection Act on wheat genetic improvement

Research Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 527-542

  Alston, Julian M ^a,b   Venner, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic improvement; Intellectual property rights; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244432231     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00123-8     Document Type: Article

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