Botany and physiology: Storage root formation and development

The Sweetpotato

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 13-26

  Firon, N ^a   Labonte, D ^b   Villordon, A ^b   McGregor, C ^b   Kfir, Y ^a   Pressman, E ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84920072773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9475-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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