Toward the Rapid Domestication of Perennial Grains: developing genetic and genomic resources for intermediate wheatgrass. - The Land Institute

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Toward the Rapid Domestication of Perennial Grains: developing genetic and genomic resources for intermediate wheatgrass.

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Kantarsi, T., L. DeHaan, J. Poland, and J. Borevitz.

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CRC Press

Chapter 18 from Applied Mathematics and Omics to Assess Crop Genetic Resources for Climate Change Adaptive Traits. Edited by Abdallah Bari, Ardeshir B. Damania, Michael Mackay and Selvadurai Dayanandan

CRC Press 2016

Pages 227–241

Print ISBN: 978-1-4987-3013-6

eBook ISBN: 978-1-4987-3022-8

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