Weeds as important vegetables for farmers

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-403

  Cruz Garcia, Gisella S ^a,b   Price, Lisa L ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edible part; Salience; Southeast Asia; Thailand; Use; Vegetable; Weed; Wild food plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873424510     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: 20839480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5586/asbp.2012.047     Document Type: Review

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