Horticultural agro-biodiversity and potential conservation: Case study in Sicily

Quality - Access to Success

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 230-235

  Timpanaro, Giuseppe ^a   Bellia, Claudio ^a   Foti, Vera Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autochthonous horticultural varieties; Custody producers; Economic indexes; Horticultural nurseries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897867008     PISSN: 15822559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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