Diversity, distribution and farmer preference of Musa cultivars in Uganda

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-50

  Gold, C S ^a   Kiggundu, A ^a,b   Abera, A M K ^a   Karamura, D ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSA; MUSA X PARADISIACA;

EID: 0036384822     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479702000145     Document Type: Article

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