Yam: A neglected and underutilized crop in Brazil;Inhame: Uma cultura negligenciada e subutilizada no Brasil

Horticultura Brasileira

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Siqueira, Marcos V B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Dioscorea spp.; Molecular markers; Traditional agriculture; Tubers

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 79957486308     PISSN: 01020536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-05362011000100003     Document Type: Article

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