Citrus breeding: Introduction and objectives

Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-8

  Khan, Iqrar A ^a,b,c   Kender, Walter J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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