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Abiotic stresses and induced BVOCs

Francesco Loreto1, Jörg-Peter Schnitzler

  • 1Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante (IPP), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy. francesco.loreto@ipp.cnr.it

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