Comparison of appropriate tropical seed storage techniques for germplasm conservation in mountainous sub-tropical climates with resource constraints

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-294

  Croft, Marcia ^a   Bicksler, Abram ^b   Manson, James ^a   Burnette, Rick ^a  

^a Asia Impact Center Seed Bank   (Thailand)

^b International Sustainable Development Studies Institute   (Thailand)

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EID: 84874386019     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479712001251     Document Type: Article

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