Crop wild relatives as genetic resources – the case of the European wild grape
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Back into the wild—Apply untapped genetic diversity of wild relatives for crop improvement
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Plant Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0008-4220,1918-1833
DOI: 10.4141/cjps-2015-033