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Growing an endangered desert milkvetch for container seed production

Bettina S Schultz, Susan E Meyer, Alyson M DeNittis and Kody R Rominger
Native Plants Journal, June 2021, 22 (2) 162-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.22.2.162
Bettina S Schultz
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Shrub Sciences Laboratory, 735 North 500 East, Provo, UT 84606
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Susan E Meyer
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Shrub Sciences Laboratory, 735 North 500 East, Provo, UT 84606
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Alyson M DeNittis
Utah Valley University, Department of Biology, 800 W University Parkway, Orem UT 84058
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Kody R Rominger
Utah Valley University, Department of Biology, 800 W University Parkway, Orem UT 84058
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Bettina S Schultz, Susan E Meyer, Alyson M DeNittis, Kody R Rominger
Native Plants Journal Jun 2021, 22 (2) 162-175; DOI: 10.3368/npj.22.2.162

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