Prospects for breeding apomictic rice: A reassessment

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 292-296

  Kaushal, P ^a   Malaviya, D R ^a   Roy, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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