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Transgenic Crops IV

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Plader, W., Burza, W., Malepszy, S. (2007). Cucumber. In: Pua, EC., Davey, M.R. (eds) Transgenic Crops IV. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 59. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36752-9_10

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