The conservation of Chinese rice biodiversity: Genetic erosion, ethnobotany and prospects

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-32

  Gao, Li Zhi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Life Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

China; Conservation; Ethnobotany; Genetic erosion; Rice biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; GENETIC RESOURCE; RICE;

CHINA;

APUS APUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0037682082     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022933230689     Document Type: Article

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