Wheat landraces: A mini review

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-29

  Jaradat, Abdullah A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fertile Crescent; Landrace; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872860542     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v25i1.15376     Document Type: Short Survey

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