Room table: Agronomical and biotechnological approaches for saffron improvement

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 650, Issue , 2004, Pages 285-290

  Vurdu, Hasan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 70349987026     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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