Decentralized selection and participatory approaches in plant breeding for low-input systems

Euphytica

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-154

  Dawson, Julie C ^a   Murphy, Kevin M ^a   Jones, Stephen S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype by environment interactions; Heterogeneous environments; On farm selection; Organic agriculture; Participatory plant breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749148837     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9533-0     Document Type: Review

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