Yacon (Asteraceae; smallanthus sonchifolius)

Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Medicinal Plants

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 641-702

  Lebeda, A ^a   Dolezalova I ^a   Fernandez E ^b   Viehmannova I ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

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Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

AGRO-ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ANDEAN REGION; ASTERACEAE; FOOD CROPS; LANDRACES; LONG LASTING; PLANT SPECIES;

CROPS;

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