Intellectual property rights in plant breeding and biotechnology: Assessing impact on the Indian seed industry

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-240

  Pal, Suresh ^a   Tripp, Robert ^a   Louwaars, Niels P ^a  

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