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Selection for earlier flowering crop associated with climatic variations in the Sahel.
PloS one - 4 May 2011
Vigouroux Yves, Mariac Cédric, De Mita Stéphane, Pham Jean-Louis, Gérard Bruno, Kapran Issoufou, Sagnard Fabrice, Deu Monique, Chantereau Jacques, Ali Abdou, Ndjeunga Jupiter, Luong Viviane, Thuillet Anne-Céline, Saïdou Abdoul-Aziz, Bezançon Gilles
Abstract excerpt
Climate changes will have an impact on food production and will require costly adaptive responses. Adapting to a changing environment will be particularly challenging in sub-Saharan Africa where climate change is expected to have a major impact. However, one important phenomenon that is often overlooked and is poorly documented is the ability of agro-systems to rapidly adapt to environmental variations. Such an...
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