Bioversity and domestication of yams in West Africa: Traditional practices leading to Dioscorea rotundata Poir.

The domestication of wild yams is still common practice in West Africa. It also offers one of the few remaining opportunities to understand how farmers use their empirical knowledge to tap the genetic resources of wild plants and create products suitable for agriculture. Yam agronomists and breeders...

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Autores principales: Dumont, R., Dansi, A., Vernier, Philippe, Zoundjihékpon, J.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2006
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104582

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