Regional and local maize seed exchange and replacement in the western highlands of Guatemala

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-70

  Van Etten, Jacob ^a,b   De Bruin, Sytze ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TAO Representation Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Maize; Seed exchange; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447115136     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147926210767230X     Document Type: Article

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