Root characters

Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops: Vol. 2 Target Traits

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 67-131

  Prince, Silvas J ^a   Mutava, Raymond N ^a   Pegoraro, Camila ^b   de Oliveira, Antonio Costa ^b   Nguyen, Henry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84948104042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37048-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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