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S G Atienza1, Z Satovic, K K Petersen

  • 1Departamento de Agronomía y Mejora Genética Vegetal, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Apdo. 4084, 14080 Córdoba, Spain. es2atpes@uco.es

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