Plant breeding for organic agriculture: Something new?

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Crespo Herrera, Leonardo A ^a   Ortiz, Rodomiro ^b  

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

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conventional agriculture; Conventional breeding; Organic agriculture; Organic plant breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005950815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40066-015-0045-1     Document Type: Review

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