Peru: Ecological And Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing In Situ Conservation Of Crop Diversity By Traditional Andean Households In Peru

Peru: Ecological And Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing In Situ Conservation Of Crop Diversity By Traditional Andean Households In Peru   Dora Velasquez-Milla, Alejandro Casas, Juan Torres-Guevara, and Aldo Cruz-Soriano, 2011   Background: The Peruvian Andean region is a main center of plant domestication of the world. There, several tuber species were domesticated and the area lodges one of the most important reservoirs of their varieties and wild relatives. It is also the setting of...

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