Plant breeding training in the U.S.

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-44

  Baenziger, P Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 32344441465     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.1.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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