Linking participatory plant breeding to the seed supply system

Euphytica

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-44

  Bishaw, Zewdie ^a   Turner, Michael ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Formal seed supply; Informal seed supply; Participatory plant breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249118785     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9572-6     Document Type: Review

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