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Haploids in Crop Improvement II

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    Tatiana Aionesei, Alisher Touraev & Erwin Heberle-Bors

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Aionesei, T., Touraev, A., Heberle-Bors, E. (2005). Pathways to Microspore Embryogenesis. In: Don Palmer, C., Keller, W.A., Kasha, K.J. (eds) Haploids in Crop Improvement II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 56. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26889-8_2

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