The contribution of genetic resources and diversity to wheat production in the Punjab of Pakistan

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 482-493

  Smale, Melinda ^a   Hartell, Jason ^a   Heisey, Paul W ^a   Senauer, Ben ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Diversity; Genetic resources; Pakistan; Wheat production

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; GENETIC RESOURCE; WHEAT; YIELD;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB;

EID: 0032310897     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244551     Document Type: Article

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