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Cold hardiness of diploid and corresponding autotetraploid rhododendrons

Anu VäinöläDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, FIN-00014, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tapani RepoFaculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101Joensuu, Finland
Pages 541-546 | Accepted 06 Jun 1999, Published online: 07 Nov 2015

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