Participatory crop improvement and formal release of Jethobudho rice landrace in Nepal

Euphytica

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-78

  Gyawali, S ^a   Sthapit, B R ^b   Bhandari, B ^a   Bajracharya, J ^c   Shrestha, P K ^a   Upadhyay, M P ^c   Jarvis, D I ^b  

^a Local Initiatives for Biodiversity   (Nepal)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^c NEPAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Community based seed production; Genetic diversity; Landrace enhancement; On farm conservation; Participatory plant breeding; Traditional variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049343118     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-010-0213-0     Document Type: Article

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