Dealing with multi-source and multi-scale information in plant phenomics: the ontology-driven Phenotyping Hybrid Information System.
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SUBMITTER: Neveu P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6585972 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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