Banana improvement program at Rahan Meristem

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 490, Issue , 1998, Pages 71-78

  Khayat, Eli ^a   Duvdevani, Avraham ^a   Shchukin, Alexander ^b   Lahav, Emanuel ^c  

^a Rahan Meristem Department of RandD   (Israel)

^b Jordan Valley Experiment Station   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 4344712724     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.490.4     Document Type: Article

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