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Pierre Sourdille1, Pierre Devaux2
1UMR 1095 Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, 5, INRAE-Université Clermont-Auvergne, Chemin de Beaulieu, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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|October 27, 2022
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Improving the production of all crops is crucial to meeting the challenge of the growing needs related to the simultaneous increase in the world population and demands from farmers and end-users [...].
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