Maize Landraces and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mexico

Journal of Crop Improvement

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 484-501

  Hellin, Jon ^a   Bellon, Mauricio R ^b   Hearne, Sarah J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

climate change adaptation; landraces; seed systems; small scale farmers; wild relatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904356372     PISSN: 15427528     EISSN: 15427536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2014.921800     Document Type: Article

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