The twenty-first century, the century of plant breeding

Euphytica

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 585-591

  Stamp, Peter ^a   Visser, Richard ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding importance; Global food security; New breeding tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864395100     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-012-0743-8     Document Type: Review

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