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Scientists discuss new apple variety

Scientists Brett Ennis and Richard Volz in an apple orchard.

Scientists Brett Ennis and Richard Volz, discuss a new apple variety in Plant & Food Research’s Hawke’s Bay orchard. Once breeders have developed the desired traits in a new apple cultivar, they use vegetative propagation methods to reproduce the plants.

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Published: 24 September 2013Size: 2.47 MB
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