Assessing Morphological Trait Variability in Moroccan Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) Ecotypes for Adaptive Breeding in Response to Climate Change and Sustainable Food Security

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 109, 2024 Conference on Water, Agriculture, Environment and Energy (WA2EN2023)


Article Number		01040
Number of page(s)		12
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202410901040
Published online		20 May 2024

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