Fruit crops

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2010, Pages 307-348

  Hanke, Magda Viola ^a   Flachowsky, Henryk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

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EID: 84962313635     PISSN: 0934943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02391-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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