Infra-specific folk taxonomy in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in Ethiopia: Folk nomenclature, classification, and criteria

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mekbib, Firew ^a,b,c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

PLANT DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS; SORGHUM;

AGRICULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DNA, PLANT; ETHIOPIA; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SORGHUM; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 39749200041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-3-38     Document Type: Article

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