Rice landrace diversity in Nepal. Socio-economic and ecological factors determining rice landrace diversity in three agro-ecozones of Nepal based on farm surveys

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1013-1022

  Bajracharya, J ^a   Rana, R B ^b   Gauchan, D ^a   Sthapit, B R ^c   Jarvis, D I ^d   Witcombe, J R ^e  

^a NEPAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Nepal)

^b Local Initiatives for Biodiversity   (Nepal)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^d International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Maccarese   (Italy)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agro ecological diversity; Farmers' unit of diversity (FUD); Landrace diversity; Nepal; Oryza sativa

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; ECOZONE; HILL FARMING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; RICE; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77955684223     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-010-9544-x     Document Type: Article

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