Challenges in integrating genetic control in plant and crop models

Crop Systems Biology: Narrowing the Gaps Between Crop Modelling and Genetics

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-31

  Baldazzi, Valentina ^a   Bertin, Nadia ^a   Génard, Michel ^a   Gautier, Hélène ^a   Desnoues, Elsa ^a   Quilot Turion, Bénédicte ^b  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20562-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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