A prioritized inventory of crop wild relatives and wild harvested plants of Italy

Crop Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1628-1644

  Landucci, Flavia ^a,b   Panella, Lorenzo ^a   Lucarini, Domenico ^c   Gigante, Daniela ^a   Donnini, Domizia ^a   Kell, Shelagh ^d   Maxted, Nigel ^d   Venanzoni, Roberto ^a   Negri, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84903212252     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.05.0355     Document Type: Article

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