Informal "seed" systems and the management of gene flow in traditional agroecosystems: The case of cassava in Cauca, Colombia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Dyer, George A ^a   González, Carolina ^b,c   Lopera, Diana Carolina ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CASSAVA; COLOMBIA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP MANAGEMENT; GENE FLOW; GENE POOL; GERMPLASM; LANDRACE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEED DISPERSAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VARIETAS; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; AGRICULTURE; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANIHOT; METHODOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; COLOMBIA; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; MANIHOT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS;

EID: 83155176346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029067     Document Type: Article

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