Current development and application of plant cryopreservation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 908, Issue , 2011, Pages 447-452

  Gonzalez Arnao M T ^a   Engelmann, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Institutions; Large scale application; Research activities; Research teams; Technical book

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855646697     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.908.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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