Collaborative and consultative participatory plant breeding of rice for the rainfed uplands of eastern India

Euphytica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-108

  Virk, D S ^a   Singh, D N ^b   Prasad, S C ^c   Gangwar, J S ^c   Witcombe, J R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRSA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Gramin Vikas Trust   (India)

Author keywords

Collaborative participation; Consultative participation; Eastern India; Farmers' preference; Genotype x environment interaction; Participatory plant breeding; Rainfed uplands; Rice breeding; Seed supply; Upland rice varieties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041703228     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024674422343     Document Type: Article

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