Cassava improvement: Challenges and impacts

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-171

  Nassar, N M A ^a   Ortiz, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CASSAVA; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT BREEDING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 33847390777     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859606006575     Document Type: Review

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