The European seed legislation on conservation varieties: Focus, implementation, present and future impact on landrace on farm conservation

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2421-2430

  Spataro, Giorgia ^a   Negri, Valeria ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common Catalogue; Conservation varieties; Genetic resources; Landraces; Seed legislation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENETIC RESOURCE; MARKETING; SEED PRODUCTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84890194251     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-013-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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