Farmers' preference and informal seed dissemination of first Ug99 tolerant wheat variety in Bangladesh

Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Volumn 47, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2011, Pages

  Pandit, D B ^a   Mandal, M S N ^a   Hakim, M A ^a   Barma, N C D ^a   Tiwari, T P ^b   Joshi, A K ^c  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center   (Bangladesh)

^c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Farmers' preference; Participatory variety selection; Seed dissemination; Ug99 tolerance; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80055029596     PISSN: 12121975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/3272-cjgpb     Document Type: Article

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