Water use efficiency

Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops: Vol. 2 Target Traits

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 225-268

  Bramley, Helen ^a   Turner, Neil C ^a   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37048-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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