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Semi-High Throughput Screening for Potential Drought-tolerance in Lettuce Lactuca sativa Germplasm Collections

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Improving light management in lettuce crops

Giuseppina Pennisi¹, Francesco Orsini²

¹University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Bologna, Italy.

|April 28, 2023

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