Indigenous diversity of cassava: Generation, maintenance, use and loss among the Amuesha, peruvian upper amazon

Economic Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-19

  Salick, Jan ^a   Cellinese, Nicoletta ^b   Knapp, Sandra ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amuesha; Cassava; diversity; Manihot esculenta; Peru

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0030929826     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910400     Document Type: Article

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