Balancing investment incentives and social benefits when protecting plant varieties: Implementing initial variety systems

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1113-1120

  Lesser, W ^a   Mutschler, M A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 3843131693     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.1113     Document Type: Review

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