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Levels of compatibility in Brassica Oleracea
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Levels of compatibility in Brassica Oleracea

  • L E Watts1 

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  1. Crop Research Division, Department of Scientific and industriai Research, Lincoln, Christchurch, New Zealand

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Watts, L. Levels of compatibility in Brassica Oleracea. Heredity 23, 119–125 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1968.10

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  • Received: 08 May 1967

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