On-farm assessment of clonal introduction of root crops diversity in Vanuatu, Melanesia

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-559

  Camus, P ^a   Lebot, V ^b  

^a ISTOM   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 79251631531     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479710000591     Document Type: Article

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