Ethnobotanical knowledge and agrobiodiversity in subsistence farming: Case study of home gardens in Phong My commune, central Vietnam

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 629-644

  Vlkova, Martina ^a   Polesny, Zbynek ^a   Verner, Vladimir ^a   Banout, Jan ^a   Dvorak, Marek ^b   Havlik, Jaroslav ^a   Lojka, Bohdan ^a   Ehl, Petr ^a   Krausova, Jitka ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diversity indices; Ethnobotany; Home gardens; Kinh ethnic group; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; DATA SET; DIVERSITY INDEX; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FRUIT; GENETIC RESOURCE; GERMPLASM; HOME GARDEN; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NATURE RESERVE; NOMENCLATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

VIET NAM;

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; CITRUS MAXIMA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MUSA;

EID: 79959775397     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-010-9603-3     Document Type: Article

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