Sweetpotato in China

The Sweetpotato

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 325-358

  Zhang, L ^a   Wang, Q ^b,b   Liu, Q ^b  

^a Shandong Academy of Agricultural Science   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84920103902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9475-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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