Genetic erosion of Ethiopian tetraploid wheat landraces in Eastern Shewa, Central Ethiopia

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 715-726

  Tsegaye, Bayush ^a   Berg, Trygve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Genetic erosion; Landrace diversity; Local knowledge; Tetraploid wheat; Triticum spp.

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; INFORMATION; LANDHOLDING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WHEAT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SHEWA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34447301552     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-006-0016-2     Document Type: Article

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