Highland papayas in Southern Ecuador: Need for conservation actions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 575, Issue , 2002, Pages 199-205

  Scheldeman, X ^a   Van Damme, P ^a   Romero Motoche, J P ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Babaco; Carica; Papain; Plant genetic resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749409091     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.575.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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