The dynamics of crop infraspecific diversity: A conceptual framework at the farmer level

Economic Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-39

  Bellon, Mauricio R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Crop infraspecific diversity; Farmer's decision making; In situ conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002841154     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02862110     Document Type: Article

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