Domestication of dacryodes edulis in west and central africa: Characterisation of genetic variation

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 57-71

  Leakey, R R B ^a   Atangana, A A ^b   Kengni, E ^b   Waruhiu, A N ^c   Usoro, C ^d   Anegbeh, P O ^e   Tchoundjeu, Z ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b West and Central Africa Regional Programme   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Cultivars; Dacryodes edulis; Ideotypes; Market and customer preferences; Organoleptic variation; Rural livelihoods; Safou; Sustainable land use

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DOMESTICATION; FRUIT; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RURAL ECONOMY;

CAMEROON; NIGERIA;

EID: 0036291035     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2002.9752410     Document Type: Article

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