Molecular biology of the nicotiana floral nectary

Nectaries and Nectar

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 265-288

  Thornburg, Robert W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5937-7_6     Document Type: Chapter

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