Darwinian Agriculture: Real, Imaginary and Complex Trade-offs as Constraints and Opportunities

Crop Physiology: Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 214-234

  Denison, R Ford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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