Current taxonomic composition of European genebank material documented in EURISCO

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Van Hintum, Theo ^a   Knüpffer, Helmut ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

EURISCO; genebanks; GRIN Tax; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957369071     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262110000158     Document Type: Article

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