Wheat: Status, outlook and implications

Handbook on Agriculture, Biotechnology and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 752-769

  Wilson, William W ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84922877956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857938350.00053     Document Type: Chapter

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