Alleviating potato seed tuber shortage in developing countries: Potential of true potato seeds

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1946-1954

  Muthoni, Jane ^a,b   Shimelis, Hussein ^a   Melis, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Potato seed tubers; True Potato Seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886881447     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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