Watermelons in the sand of Sahara: Cultivation and use of indigenous landraces in the Tombouctou Region of Mali

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages 151-162

  Jensen, Brita Dahl ^a   Touré, Fatoumata Maïga ^a,c   Hamattal, Mohamed Ag ^b   Touré, Fatimata Aya ^b   Nantoumé, Aminata Dolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mali Folkecenter   (Mali)

^c INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE   (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; MUSA;

EID: 84868563311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.9.0.151-162     Document Type: Article

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