Breeding bananas and plantains: From intractability to feasibility

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 149-156

  Vuylsteke, Dirk ^a  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Uganda)

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EID: 70350101969     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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