Genomics for improvement of rosaceae temperate tree fruit

Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 357-397

  Arús, Pere ^a   Gardiner, Susan ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6297-1_14     Document Type: Chapter

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