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Genetic loci underlying quantitative resistance to necrotrophic pathogens Sclerotinia and Diaporthe (Phomopsis), and correlated resistance to both pathogens
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Seed and floret size parameters of sunflower are determined by partially overlap** sets of quantitative trait loci with epistatic interactions
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Two contrasting laboratory methods improve Silphium integrifolium Michx. germination rate to agronomically acceptable levels
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