Collaborative plant breeding for organic agricultural systems in developed countries

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1206-1223

  Dawson, Julie C ^a,b   Rivière, Pierre ^a   Berthellot, Jean François ^c   Mercier, Florent ^c   de Kochko, Patrick ^c   Galic, Nathalie ^a   Pin, Sophie ^a   Serpolay, Estelle ^d   Thomas, Mathieu ^a   Giuliano, Simon ^e   Goldringer, Isabelle ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Réseau Semences Paysannes Cazalens   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Farmer varieties; Genetic diversity; In situ conservation; Organic agriculture; Participatory plant breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867378019     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3081206     Document Type: Article

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