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  1. Kinsealy Research Center, Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Dublin, Ireland

    B.S. Ahloowalia

  2. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry Division, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines

    G.S. Khush

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Ahloowalia, B., Khush, G. Renaissance in genetics and its impact on plant breeding. Euphytica 118, 99–102 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004177800298

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