The diversity of bitter manioc (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) cultivation in a whitewater Amazonian landscape

Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 586-609

  Fraser, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonian dark earths; Floodplain; Historical ecology; Manioc landrace diversity; Shifting cultivation; Swidden cultivation; Terra preta; Weak and strong landraces

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROP; CROPPING PRACTICE; FLOODPLAIN; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; OXISOL; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL FERTILITY; ULTISOL; UPLAND REGION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 78049282591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d2040586     Document Type: Article

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