Improved ziziphus mauritiana germplasm for sahelian smallholder farmers: First steps toward a domestication programme

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-137

  Kalinganire, Antoine ^a   Weber, John C ^a   Coulibaly, Salimata ^a  

^a World Agroforestry Centre ICRAF   (Mali)

Author keywords

Breeding; Fruit quality yield; Sahel; Selection; Tree domestication; Ziziphus mauritiana

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024161500     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2012.715474     Document Type: Article

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