Origin of agriculture and plant domestication in West Mesoamerica

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 813-825

  Zizumbo Villarreal, Daniel ^a   Colunga GarcíaMarín, Patricia ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Beans; Domestication; Maize; Mesoamerica; Squash

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANCESTRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DOMESTICATION; DRY FOREST; GENETIC MARKER; GRASS; HUNTER-GATHERER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MAIZE; PALEOECOLOGY; PESTICIDE; SYMPATRY; TROPICAL FOREST; WILD POPULATION;

MESOAMERICA;

BOS; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954536377     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9521-4     Document Type: Article

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