Economic impact analysis of marker-assisted breeding for tolerance to salinity and phosphorous deficiency in rice

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 779-792

  Alpuerto, Vida Lina Esperanza B ^a   Norton, George W ^b   Alwang, Jeffrey ^b   Ismail, Abdelbagi M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

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EID: 71849119812     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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