Diversity and conservation in the cactus family

Desert Plants: Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 157-173

  Ortega Baes, Pablo ^a   Sühring, Silvia ^b   Sajama, Jesús ^a   Sotola, Ezequiel ^a   Alonso Pedano, Mariana ^a   Bravo, Silvia ^a   Godínez Alvarez, Héctor ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 78650537954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02550-1_8     Document Type: Chapter

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