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Living with seeds and polyphenoloxidases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Alfred M. Mayer
Alfred M. Mayer
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Department of Botany, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Seed Science Research , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 1998 , pp. 307 - 315
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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