International Journal of Plant Genomics
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 528361, 17 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/528361
Review Article

Citrus Genomics

Manuel Talon1 and Fred G. Gmitter Jr.2

1Centro de Genómica, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
2Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC), University of Florida, IFAS, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA

Received 9 October 2007; Accepted 15 March 2008

Academic Editor: Yunbi Xu

Copyright © 2008 Manuel Talon and Fred G. Gmitter Jr. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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