High-throughput and precision phenotyping for cereal breeding programs

Cereal Genomics II

Volumn 9789400764019, Issue , 2013, Pages 341-374

  Prasanna, Boddupalli M ^a   Araus, Jose L ^b   Crossa, Jose ^c   Cairns, Jill E ^d   Palacios, Natalia ^c   Das, Biswanath ^a   Magorokosho, Cosmos ^d  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^d CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

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EID: 84891371243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6401-9_13     Document Type: Chapter

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