Traditional crop diversity and its conservation on-farm for sustainable agricultural production in Kumaon Himalaya of Uttaranchal State: A case study

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-357

  Bisht, I S ^a   Mehta, P S ^a   Bhandari, D C ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Crop genetic diversity; Himalayan agroecosystems; In situ conservation on farm; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 33847339010     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-005-5562-5     Document Type: Article

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