Agricultural Applications of Biotechnology and the Potential for Biodiversity Valorization in Latin America and the Caribbean

AgBioForum

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 13-22

  Roca, W ^a   Espinoza, C ^a   Panta, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

biodiversity; biotechnology; Latin American and Caribbean; sustainable utilization; valorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744308059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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