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The Role of Crop Protection in Sustainable Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Production to Alleviate Global Starvation Problem: An Overview 作物保护在马铃薯可持续发展中的作用缓解全球饥饿问题的生产:综述

Solanum tuberosum - A Promising Crop for Starvation Problem Pub Date : 2021-12-22 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.100058

T. Ahmadu, A. Abdullahi, Khairulmazmi Ahmad

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