The enset (Ensete ventricosum) gardens of Sidama: Composition, structure and dynamics of a traditional poly-variety system

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1347-1358

  Tesfaye, Bizuayehu ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Composition; Ensete ventricosum; Ethiopia; Mixtures

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CROPPING PRACTICE; GARDEN; HERB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SIDAMA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ENSETE VENTRICOSUM;

EID: 57649210520     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9333-y     Document Type: Article

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