Breeding Hevea rubber

Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 469-522

  Priyadarshan, P M ^a   Goncalves P S ^b   Omokhafe, K O ^c  

^a Rubber Research Institute of India   (India)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^c Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71201-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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