A regional analysis of maize biological diversity in southeastern Guanajuato, Mexico

Economic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-72

  Aguirre Gómez, José Alfonso ^a   Bellon, Mauricio R ^b   Smale, Melinda ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Guanajuato; Maize; Mexico; Regional diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343963758     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866600     Document Type: Article

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