Banana (Musa spp.) domestication in the Asia-Pacifc region: Linguistic and archaeobotanical perspectives

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 293-332

  Donohue, Mark ^a   Denham, Tim ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 73649084049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.7.0.293-332     Document Type: Article

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