Participatory approach in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding for drought tolerance for southern Ethiopia

Plant Breeding

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-134

  Asfaw, Asrat ^a,b   Almekinders, Conny J M ^b   Blair, Matthew W ^c   Struik, Paul C ^b  

^a Awassa Agricultural Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralized breeding; Farmer preferences; Gender; Grain types; Marketability; Participatory variety selection

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84855599487     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01921.x     Document Type: Article

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