Biodiversity of food species of the solanaceae family: A preliminary taxonomic inventory of subfamily Solanoideae

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Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 277-322

  Samuels, John ^a  

^a Novel Solanaceae Crops Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cultivated; Edible species; Semi cultivated; Solanaceae; Wild species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952908721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/resources4020277     Document Type: Article

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