Farmers' breeding of sorghum in the center of diversity, ethiopia: I. socioecotype differentiation, varietal mixture and selection efficiency

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-67

  Mekbib, Firew ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Center of diversity; Ethiopia; Farmer breeding; Farmer varieties; Selection efficiency; Socioecotype differentiation; Sorghum; Varietal mixture

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949118589     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228860701879299     Document Type: Article

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