Biotechnology in Musa Improvement

Banana Breeding: Progress and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 219-236

  Tripathi, Leena ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10514-17     Document Type: Chapter

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