Petunia biotechnology

Petunia: Evolutionary, Developmental and Physiological Genetics (Second Edition)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 411-433

  Underwood, Beverly A ^a   Jones, Michelle L ^b   Clark, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84796-2_20     Document Type: Chapter

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