Has the introduction of modern rice varieties changed rice genetic diversity in a high-altitude region of Nepal?

Field Crops Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-30

  Steele, K A ^a   Gyawali, S ^b   Joshi, K D ^a   Shrestha, P ^b   Sthapit, B R ^c   Witcombe, J R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LI BIRD   (Nepal)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Client oriented breeding (COB); Genetic diversity; Genetic erosion; Landrace; Nepal; Participatory plant breeding (PPB); Rice; Traditional variety

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALTITUDE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT BREEDING; RICE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349083265     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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