Operating in an Intellectual Property World: Knowledge Sharing among Plant Breeders in Canada

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-316

  Galushko, Viktoriya ^a   Gray, Richard ^b   Oikonomou, Emmanouil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; MENE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84865348535     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2011.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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