A case study of seed exchange networks and gene flow for barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare) in Morocco

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1119-1138

  Jensen, Helen R ^a   Belqadi, Loubna ^b   de Santis, Paola ^c   Sadiki, Mohammed ^b   Jarvis, Devra I ^c   Schoen, Daniel J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Farmer seed system; Genetic structure; Hordeum vulgare; In situ conservation; Informal seed system; Landrace; Traditional seed system

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CULTIVAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; REGROWTH;

MOROCCO;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 84874791768     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-012-9909-4     Document Type: Article

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