Closing the divide between human nutrition and plant breeding

Crop Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1437-1448

  Diepenbrock, Christine H ^a   Gore, Michael A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

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EID: 84930902419     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2014.08.0555     Document Type: Article

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