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Conservation Research and Crop Wild Relatives Use

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How does climate change affect Crop Wild Relatives (CWR)?

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Nair, K.P. (2019). Conservation Research and Crop Wild Relatives Use. In: Combating Global Warming . Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23037-1_8

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