Crop improvement in East Africa / edited by C. L. A. Leakey. - Farnham Royal : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1970. - ix, 280 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Commonwealth Bureau of Plant Breeding and Genetics. Technical communications, 19 . - Commonwealth Bureau of Plant Breeding and Genetics (Cambridge, England). Technical communication, 19 .

contents

introduction

maize improvement in East Africa

Sorghum improvement in East Africa

Wheat improvement in East Africa

The importance of beans in East Africa

Soya bean improvement in East Africa

Sesame improvement in East Africa

Cotton improvement in East Africa

The long-fibre agaves and their improvement through breeding in East Africa

The improvement of Arabica coffee in East Africa

The improvement of Robusta coffee in East Afrca

Includes index

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Plant breeding--Africa, East.
Field crops--Africa, East.

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