Diversity, distribution and farmer preferences of Musa cultivars in Uganda
The East African highlands, home to more than 80 cultivated varieties of locally evolved bananas, constitute a secondary centre of banana diversity. Uganda is the leading producer and consumer of banana in the region and also enjoys the highest diversity of a group of bananas uniquely adapted to thi...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge University Press
2002
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99971 |
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