Mountain oases in northern Oman: An environment for evolution and in situ conservation of plant genetic resources

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 465-481

  Gebauer, Jens ^a   Luedeling, Eike ^a   Hammer, Karl ^a   Nagieb, Maher ^a   Buerkert, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Arabian Peninsula; Arabic ethnobotany; Crop diversity; Cultivated flora; Genetic erosion; Home gardens; Indigenous knowledge; Multicropping systems

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CULTIVATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; EVOLUTION; GENETIC RESOURCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; VEGETABLE;

AL-BATINAH; ASH-SHARQIYAH; ASIA; BALAD SEET; EURASIA; JEBEL AKHDAR; MAQTA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

AGAVE; AGAVE AMERICANA; LENS CULINARIS; VICIA FABA;

EID: 34147147911     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-006-9205-2     Document Type: Article

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