Ecological and socio-cultural factors influencing <it>in situ </it>conservation of crop diversity by traditional Andean households in Peru

Ecological and socio-cultural factors influencing <it>in situ </it>conservation of crop diversity by traditional Andean households in Peru

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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 als...

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Main Authors: Velásquez-Milla Dora, Casas Alejandro, Torres-Guevara Juan, Cruz-Soriano Aldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Andean native tubers
Andean traditional agriculture
genetic resources
<it>in situ </it>conservation
traditional ecological knowledge
traditional crop varieties
Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/7/1/40

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