Participatory variety development for sorghum in Burkina Faso: Farmers' selection and farmers' criteria

Field Crops Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-194

  vom Brocke, Kirsten ^a,b   Trouche, Gilles ^a   Weltzien, Eva ^b   Barro Kondombo, Clarisse P ^c   Gozé, Eric ^d   Chantereau, Jacques ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

^c Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA)   (Burkina Faso)

^d Research Unit Agroecology and Sustainable intensification of Annual Crops   (France)

Author keywords

Participatory plant breeding; Pedigree selection; Selection criteria; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; PLANT BREEDING; SEMIARID REGION; SORGHUM;

BURKINA FASO;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 77955926544     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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