Ethnobotany and Perceptions on the Value of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) among farmers in the Benin Republic
Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a widely grown vegetatively propagated food crop in the Benin Republic. The taro leaf blight (TLB) epidemic in 2009, caused by Phytophthora colocasiae, has destroyed taro production and wiped out many taro landraces in West Africa. A survey was conducted in the southern...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Academic Journals
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130478 |
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