Farmers' seed system of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in the center of diversity: I. Seed sources, distribution, and networking

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 63-86

  Mekbib, Firew ^a,b,c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Seed diffusion; Seed network; Seed source; Seed system; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 34249099921     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J153v08n03_05     Document Type: Article

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