The U.S. national plant germplasm system in an era of shifting international norms for germplasm exchange

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 760, Issue , 2007, Pages 55-60

  Bretting, P K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

International genetic resource exchange; Plant genetic resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449455549     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.760.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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