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Agricultural biotechnology and its contribution to the global knowledge economy.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biotechnology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0963-6048,1741-5020
DOI: 10.1504/ijbt.2000.000128