Under-utilized Andean food crops: Status and prospects of plant biotechnology for the conservation and sustainable agricultural use of genetic resources

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 457, Issue , 1998, Pages 157-172

  Izquierdo, Juan ^a   Roca, William ^b  

^a Technical Co operation Network on Plant Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean   (Chile)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amaranthus caudatus; Annona cherimola; Arracacia xanthorrhiza; Canna edulis; Chenopodium quinoa; Fruits; Grains; Lupinus mutabilis; Oxalis tuberosa; Passiflora sp.; Phaseolus vulgaris; Physalis peruviana; Polymnia sonchifolia; Roots; Tropaelum tuberosum; Tubers; Ullucus tuberosus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006173225     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.457.20     Document Type: Article

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