On-farm evaluation of introduced maize varieties and their yield determining factors in East Timor

Field Crops Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2012, Pages 170-177

  Williams, Robert ^a,b   Borges, Lourenco Fontes ^c   Lacoste, Myrtille ^a,b   Andersen, Rebecca ^a,b   Nesbitt, Harry ^a,b   Johansen, Chris ^b  

^a Seeds of Life East Timor   (Timor-Leste)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Timor-Leste)

Author keywords

Adoption; Food security; Maize varieties; Management factors; Multilocation; On farm trials; Participatory varietal selection; Seed systems; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FOOD SECURITY; MAIZE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WHEAT;

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867127595     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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