On-farm diversity and characterization of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces in the highlands of West Shewa, Ethiopia

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 25-34

  Eticha, Firdissa ^a   Sinebo, Woldeyesus ^a   Grausgruber, Heinrich ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77950229395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.8.0.25-34     Document Type: Article

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