Factors Influencing Diversity of Farmers’ Varieties of Sweet Potato in Uganda: Implications for Conservation

Economic Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-349

  Zawedde, Barbara M ^a,b   Harris, Craig ^a   Alajo, Agnes ^b   Hancock, Jim ^a   Grumet, Rebecca ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Sweetpotato Program National Crop Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Crop biodiversity; cultivar adoption; ethnobotany; farmers varieties; Ipomoea batatas; land races

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027931060     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-014-9278-3     Document Type: Article

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