Participatory landrace selection for on-farm conservation: An example from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-416

  Bellon, Mauricio R ^a   Berthaud, Julien ^a   Smale, Melinda ^a,c   Aguirre, José Alfonso ^b   Taba, Suketoshi ^a   Aragón, Flavio ^b   Díaz, Jaime ^a   Castro, Humberto ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Maccarese   (Italy)

Author keywords

Farmer participation; Landraces; Maize (Zea mays L.); Mexico; Oaxaca; On farm conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GENETIC RESOURCE; GERMPLASM; MAIZE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

MEXICO;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038718566     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023967611495     Document Type: Article

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