Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp caffra) in South Africa and Namibia: 2. Phenotypic variation in nut and kernel traits

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-49

  Leakey, Roger ^a   Pate, Kris ^b   Lombard, Cyril ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRIAA SA DC   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Agroforestry tree products (AFTPs); Cultivar development; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DOMESTICATION; PHENOTYPE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

SCLEROCARYA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA;

EID: 19944413710     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-005-2420-6     Document Type: Article

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