Agricultural biotechnology in China: Origins and prospects

Agricultural Biotechnology in China: Origins and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-165

  Karplus, Valerie J ^a   Deng, Xing Wang ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71139-3     Document Type: Book

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