Impact of improved vegetable cultivars in overcoming food insecurity

Euphytica

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-136

  da Dias, João Carlos Silva ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breeding; Diversity; Horticulture; Hybrids; Malnutrition; Patenting; Poverty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049345442     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-010-0237-5     Document Type: Article

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