Breeding Forages to Cope with Environmental Challenges in the Light of Climate Change and Resource Limitations.

Á Helgadóttir; L. Østrem; R.P. Collins; M. Humphreys; A. Marshall; B. Julier; F. Gastal; Ph. Barre; G Louarn

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28932-8_1

Breeding Forages to Cope with Environmental Challenges in the Light of Climate Change and Resource Limitations.

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Breeding Forages to Cope with Environmental Challenges in the Light of Climate Change and Resource Limitations. / Helgadóttir, Á; Østrem, L.; Collins, R.P.; Humphreys, M.; Marshall, A.; Julier, B.; Gastal, F.; Barre, Ph.; Louarn, G.

Proceedings of the 2015 Meeting of the Section “Forage Crops and Amenity Grasses” of Eucarpia: Breeding in a World of Scarcity. ed. / Isabel Roldán-Ruiz; Joost Baert; Dirk Reheul. Switzerland : Springer Nature, 2015. p. 3-13.

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Helgadóttir, Á, Østrem, L, Collins, RP, Humphreys, M , Marshall, A, Julier, B, Gastal, F, Barre, P & Louarn, G 2015, Breeding Forages to Cope with Environmental Challenges in the Light of Climate Change and Resource Limitations. in I Roldán-Ruiz, J Baert & D Reheul (eds), Proceedings of the 2015 Meeting of the Section “Forage Crops and Amenity Grasses” of Eucarpia: Breeding in a World of Scarcity. Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 3-13, Eucarpia Fodder Crops and Amenity Section 2015, Ghent, Belgium, 13 Sep 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28932-8_1

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Helgadóttir, Á., Østrem, L., Collins, R. P., Humphreys, M., Marshall, A., Julier, B., Gastal, F., Barre, P., & Louarn, G. (2015). Breeding Forages to Cope with Environmental Challenges in the Light of Climate Change and Resource Limitations. In I. Roldán-Ruiz, J. Baert, & D. Reheul (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2015 Meeting of the Section “Forage Crops and Amenity Grasses” of Eucarpia: Breeding in a World of Scarcity (pp. 3-13). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28932-8_1

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Helgadóttir Á, Østrem L, Collins RP, Humphreys M , Marshall A, Julier B et al. Breeding Forages to Cope with Environmental Challenges in the Light of Climate Change and Resource Limitations. In Roldán-Ruiz I, Baert J, Reheul D, editors, Proceedings of the 2015 Meeting of the Section “Forage Crops and Amenity Grasses” of Eucarpia: Breeding in a World of Scarcity. Switzerland: Springer Nature. 2015. p. 3-13 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28932-8_1

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Helgadóttir, Á ; Østrem, L. ; Collins, R.P. ; Humphreys, M. ; Marshall, A. ; Julier, B. ; Gastal, F. ; Barre, Ph. ; Louarn, G. / Breeding Forages to Cope with Environmental Challenges in the Light of Climate Change and Resource Limitations. Proceedings of the 2015 Meeting of the Section “Forage Crops and Amenity Grasses” of Eucarpia: Breeding in a World of Scarcity. editor / Isabel Roldán-Ruiz ; Joost Baert ; Dirk Reheul. Switzerland : Springer Nature, 2015. pp. 3-13

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