The MEDUSA information system: A tool for the Identification, Conservation and sustainable use of mediterranean plant diversity

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 598, Issue , 2004, Pages 219-225

  Skoula, M ^a   Rakic, Z ^a   Boretos, N ^a   Johnson, C B ^a   Heywood, V H ^b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal food; Aromatic plants; Conservation; Database; Food additives; Materials; Medicinal plants; Mediterranean Region; Wild Plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845667670     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.598.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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