Seed interventions and cultivar diversity in pigeon pea: A farmer based assessment in eastern Kenya

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-127

  Audi, Patrick ^a   Nagarajan, Latha ^b   Jones, Richard B ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivar diversity; Pigeon pea; Seed intervention; Seed supply

Indexed keywords

CAJANUS; CAJANUS CAJAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68949115930     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228860802073016     Document Type: Article

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