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New York, NY - With critically-needed insight into the current state of our food and agricultural system,…
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Selección de germoplasma y mejoramiento genético
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81649
Abstract
Research work carried out by CIAT in 1980 and results obtained are briefly analyzed: acquisition, evaluation, and distribution of germplasm; bush and climbing bean improvement; resistance to viral (BCMV, BYMV, soybean mosaic virus, bean chlorotic mottle virus, and BGMV), fungal (rust, anthracnose, and angular leaf spot), and bacterial diseases (bacterial blight and halo…
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