Omics advances in tea (camellia sinensis)

OMICS: Applications in Crop Science

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 439-466

  Mukhopadhyay, Mainaak ^a   Sarkar, Bipasa ^b   Mondal, Tapan Kumar ^c  

^a UTTAR BANGA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^c Natl Res Ctr DNA Fingerprinting   (India)

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DOI: 10.1201/b16352     Document Type: Chapter

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