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Improving Grain Quality in Oil and Cereal Crops

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  1. Department of Crop Production at the School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Déborah P. Rondanini

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    Déborah P. Rondanini & Lucas Borrás

  3. CONICET, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  4. Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, Agrotecnio Center, Lleida, Spain

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Rondanini, D.P., Borrás, L., Savin, R. (2019). Improving Grain Quality in Oil and Cereal Crops. In: Savin, R., Slafer, G. (eds) Crop Science. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8621-7_108

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