Farmers' Participatory Identification of Horticultural Traits: Developing Breeding Objectives for Vegetable Amaranth in Tanzania

Journal of Crop Improvement

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-318

  Adeniji, O T ^a   Aloyce, A ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b Horticultural Research and Training Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Amaranthus; farmer preferred traits; focus group discussion; multiple traits; sensory evaluation

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 84875997461     PISSN: 15427528     EISSN: 15427536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2013.768318     Document Type: Article

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