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    Tamás Lelley

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 03824, Durham, NH, USA

    Brent Loy

  3. Institute for Food Chemistry and Technology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12, A-8010, Graz, Austria

    Michael Murkovic

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Lelley, T., Loy, B., Murkovic, M. (2009). Hull-Less Oil Seed Pumpkin. In: Vollmann, J., Rajcan, I. (eds) Oil Crops. Handbook of Plant Breeding, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77594-4_16

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