Farmer acceptability criteria in breeding cowpea

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 475-486

  Kitch, L W ^a,c   Boukar, O ^b   Endondo, C ^b   Murdock, L L ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c FAO Sub Regional Off S/E Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BREEDING METHODS; GENETIC RESOURCES; GENETIC SELECTION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0031659571     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479798004049     Document Type: Article

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