Conservation and utilization of ornamental germplasm

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 760, Issue , 2007, Pages 581-588

  Chin, H F ^a   Tay, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ex situ; Flower genetic resources; Woody landscape plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449408786     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2007.760.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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