Landraces of Maize in Central Mexico: An altitudinal transect

Economic Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-20

  Hugo Perales, R ^a   Brush, S B ^b   Qualset, C O ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal transects; Crop conservation; Genetic resources; Landraces; Maize; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038109801     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0007:lomicm]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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