Tracking the Origin and Evolution of Plant Metabolites

Christophe Duplais1, Nicolas Papon2, Vincent Courdavault3

  • 1Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8172 Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (EcoFoG), AgroParisTech, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université des Antilles and Université de Guyane, Cayenne, France.

Trends in Plant Science
|September 8, 2020
PubMed

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