Towards the domestication of Jatropha: The integration of sciences

Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 263-299

  Carels, Nicolas ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

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EID: 84890332881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4915-7_14     Document Type: Chapter

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