A biological framework for understanding farmers' plant breeding

Economic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-394

  Cleveland, David A ^a   Soleri, Daniela ^a,b,c   Smith, Steven E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Center for People Food and Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative plant breeding; Farmer crop varieties; Farmer plant breeding; Genetic variation; Genotype by environment interaction; Landraces; Plant selection

Indexed keywords

GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIANCE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT BREEDING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033761166     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02864788     Document Type: Article

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