Mobilizing science to break yield barriers

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue , 2010, Pages S-99-S-108

  Phillips, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 77957302791     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0525     Document Type: Article

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