Exploitation of diversity within farmers' durum wheat varieties enhanced the chance of selecting productive, stable and adaptable new varieties to the local climatic conditions

Variety selection from locally adapted crops is the major climate change adaptation strategy of farming communities. There are several justifications for re-thinking for the sustainable use of crop biodiversity in our breeding programs. Thirty-one durum wheat farmers' varieties (FVs), together with...

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Main Authors: Mengistu, D.K., Kiros, A., Mohammed, J., Tsehaye, Y., Fadda, Carlo
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105892

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