Domestication of Irvingia gabonensis: 3. Phenotypic variation of fruits and kernels in a Nigerian village

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-218

  Anegbeh, P O ^a   Usoro, C ^b   Ukafor, V ^b   Tchoundjeu, Z ^c   Leakey, R R B ^d,e   Schreckenberg, K ^f  

^a LW Lambourn and Co   (United Kingdom)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bush mango Dika nut Ogbono; Descriptors of variation; Elite tree selection; Intraspecific diversity

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DOMESTICATION; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENETIC VARIATION;

NIGERIA;

IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 0242577944     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026094021408     Document Type: Article

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