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All issues Volume 61 / No 6 (November-December 2006) Fruits, 61 6 (2006) 353-366 References
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Fruits
Volume 61, Number 6, November-December 2006
Page(s) 353 - 366
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/fruits:2006035
Published online 23 December 2006
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