MAXIMISING ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE WHOLE SUGARCANE INDUSTRY FROM THE BSES-CSIRO SUGARCANE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

28th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ASSCT 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wei, Xianming ^a   Jackson, Phil ^b   Cox, Mike ^a   Stringer, Jo ^a  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINEERS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SUGAR CANE;

BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS; BREEDING PROGRAMMES; CROP TRAITS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC RETURNS; GENETIC POPULATION; PERFORMANCE; REAL-WORLD; SUGAR CONTENT; TRADE OFF;

SUGAR INDUSTRY;

EID: 85173628528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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