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All issues Volume 62 / No 6 (November-December 2007) Fruits, 62 6 (2007) 345-352 References
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Fruits
Volume 62, Number 6, November-December 2007
Page(s) 345 - 352
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/fruits:2007031
Published online 07 December 2007
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