Hanfets, a barley and wheat mixture in Eritrea: Yield, stability and farmer preferences

Field Crops Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 50-56

  Woldeamlak, A ^a   Grando, S ^b   Maatougui, M ^b   Ceccarelli, S ^b  

^a Hamelmalo College of Agriculture   (Eritrea)

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

Author keywords

Barley and wheat mixtures; Farmer's preference; GE interaction; LER; Yield; Yield stability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BARLEY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

BREVICEPS; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 53549110226     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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