How many plant species are cultivated?

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 925-928

  Khoshbakht, Korous ^a   Hammer, Karl ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crops; Cultivated plants; Number of cultivated taxa; Ornamental plants

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GARDEN; HORTICULTURE; LANDSCAPE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 53749108436     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9368-0     Document Type: Article

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