The Green Revolution and Wheat Genetic Diversity: Some Unfounded Assumptions

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1257-1269

  Smale, Melinda ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Crop disease epidemics; Genetic diversity; Genetic erosion; Genetic vulnerability; Green revolution; Wheat

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC EROSION; GREEN REVOLUTION; PLANT BREEDING; POPULATION GENETICS; RUST; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ARABLE FARMING; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GREEN REVOLUTION; WHEAT PRODUCTION;

EID: 0031411494     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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