Benefits of participatory plant breeding (PPB) as exemplified by the first-ever officially released PPB-bred sweet potato cultivar

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 625-632

  Gibson, R W ^a   Mpembe, I ^b   Mwanga, R O M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Crops Resources Research Institute NaCRRI   (Uganda)

^c Regional Office   (Uganda)

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EID: 79851512540     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859611000190     Document Type: Article

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