On-station farmer participatory varietal evaluation: A strategy for client-oriented breeding

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Baidu Forson, J ^a  

^a ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

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EID: 0030765770     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001447979700015X     Document Type: Article

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