Ryegrasses

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2007, Pages 373-395

  Ran, Y ^b   Ramage, C ^b   Felitti, S ^b   Emmerling, M ^b   Chalmers, J ^b   Cummings, N ^b   Petrovska, N ^b   Mouradov, A ^b   Spangenberg, G ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 84934871528     PISSN: 0934943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71711-9_21     Document Type: Chapter

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