Exploiting the diversity of barley landraces in Ethiopia

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-116

  Lakew, Berhane ^a   Semeane, Yitbarek ^a   Alemayehu, Fekadu ^a   Gebre, Hailu ^a   Grando, Stefania ^b   Van Leur, Joop A G ^b   Ceccarelli, Salvatore ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

barley; breeding; Ethiopia; genetic resources; landraces; low input

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030951876     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008644901982     Document Type: Article

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