Current legal issues in intellectual property rights and protection for crop plants

Crop Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2496-2503

  Jondle, Robert J ^a   Hill, Krista K ^a   Sanny, Tony ^b  

^a Plant Sciences Jondle and Associates PC   (United States)

^b PresciPoint Solutions LLC   (United States)

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EID: 84944463835     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2014.10.0693     Document Type: Article

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