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Liberating the radicle: A case for softening-up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Michael Black
Michael Black
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Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, Campden Hill Road, London W8 7AH
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Seed Science Research , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1996 , pp. 39 - 42
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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