Cargando…

Robustness and Strategies of Adaptation among Farmer Varieties of African Rice (Oryza glaberrima) and Asian Rice (Oryza sativa) across West Africa

This study offers evidence of the robustness of farmer rice varieties (Oryza glaberrima and O. sativa) in West Africa. Our experiments in five West African countries showed that farmer varieties were tolerant of sub-optimal conditions, but employed a range of strategies to cope with stress. Varietie...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mokuwa, Alfred, Nuijten, Edwin, Okry, Florent, Teeken, Béla, Maat, Harro, Richards, Paul, Struik, Paul C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034801