General Plant Morphology of Musa

Banana Breeding: Progress and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-20

  Karamura, Deborah ^a   Karamura, Eldad ^a   Blomme, Guy ^a  

^a BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10514-7     Document Type: Chapter

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