Diversity and distribution patterns of enset landraces in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-371

  Tesfaye, Bizuayehu ^a   Lüdders, Peter ^b  

^a Awassa College of Agriculture   (Ethiopia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Diversity; Ensete ventricosum; Ethiopia; Landrace; Seed exchange

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CROP PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM;

ETHIOPIA;

ENSETE; ENSETE VENTRICOSUM;

EID: 0038380342     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023918919227     Document Type: Article

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