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Book Title: Active Defense Mechanisms In Plants
Item Length: 9.6in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.7in
Author: R. Wood
Publication Name: Active Defense Mechanisms in Plants
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Publication Year: 2012
Series: NATO Science Series A: Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.8 Oz
Number of Pages: X, 381 Pages
