Natural production and cultivation of mediterranean wild edibles

Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: Ethnobotany and Food Composition Tables

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 81-107

  Molina, María ^a   Pardo De Santayana, Manuel ^a   Tardío, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Agrario y Alimentario IMIDRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Applied ethnobotany; Organic farming; Plant harvesting; Wild vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978338259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3329-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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