Integrating Gene Flow, Crop Biology, and Farm Management in On-Farm Conservation of Avocado (Persea americana, Lauraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1619-1627

  Birnbaum, Kenneth ^a,c   DeSalle, Rob ^b   Peters, Charles M ^c   Benfey, Philip N ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avocado; Crop conservation; Effective population size; Ethnobotany; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Genetic drift; Lauraceae; Persea americana

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION; CULTIVAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0344961932     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.11.1619     Document Type: Article

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