Plant genetic resources: Selected issues from genetic erosion to genetic engineering

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-50

  Hammer, K ^a   Teklu, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop plants; Genetic erosion; Genetic resources conservation; GMO; Plant Genetic Resources (PGR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649863709     PISSN: 16129830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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