Peach palm core collection in Brazilian Amazonia
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Domestication of Peach Palm in Southwestern Amazonia
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1 Department of Technology and Innovation, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil, 2 Laboratório de Evolução Aplicada, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, 3 Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France, 4 Université Montpellier II, UMR AMAP (Botanique et Bio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1984-7033
DOI: 10.1590/1984-70332015v15n1a3