Farmers' perception and genetic erosion of tetraploid wheats landraces in Ethiopia

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1099-1113

  Teklu, Yifru ^a   Hammer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Farmers perception; Genetic erosion; Landraces; Tetraploid wheats; Triticum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DICOCCON; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. POLONICUM;

EID: 44849107783     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-005-1145-8     Document Type: Article

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