Conservation genetics of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in the parklands agroforestry systems of benin (West Africa)

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-140

  Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem ^a   Kakai, Romain Glele ^a   Kyndt, Tina ^b   Sinsin, Brice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adansonia digitata; Climatic zones; Morphometric variation; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 78049293309     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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