Reasons and processes leading to the erosion of crop genetic diversity in mountainous regions of Georgia

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-310

  Akhalkatsi, Maia ^a   Ekhvaia, Jana ^a   Mosulishvili, Marine ^a   Nakhutsrishvili, George ^a   Abdaladze, Otar ^a   Batsatsashvili, Ketevan ^a  

^a ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Caucasus; genetic erosion; Georgia; germplasm conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PLANT; CULTIVAR; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GERMPLASM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOUNTAIN REGION; SLOPE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

HORDEUM; PANICUM MILIACEUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956037321     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00022.1     Document Type: Article

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