Africa’s indigenous fruit trees: A blessing in decline

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2015, Pages A291-A296

  Cernansky, Rachel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRUIT; PROCEDURES; TREE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FRUIT; TREES;

EID: 84949223987     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.123-A291     Document Type: Note

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