Farmers' breeding of sorghum in the centre of diversity, Ethiopia: I. socio-ecotype differentiation, varietal mixture and selection efficiency

Maydica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-37

  Mekbib, F ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adaptative; Differentiation; Ecotypes; Poiycultivar; Sorghum bicolor (l.)

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 72449184562     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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