Ceccarelli, Salvatore2012-05-112012-05-11201292-9127-271-Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/48946The manual describes how to organize a Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) programme in self-pollinated, crosspollinated and vegetatively propagated crops; how to design the trials, collect, organize and analyse the data; and how to use and share information. Devoted to providing detailed technical information on successfully starting and conducting a PPB programme, it has six sections: organizational issues; data collection; experimental designs; data entry; data analysis; and variety release and seed production. PPB is defined as plant breeding in which farmers, and other partners such as extension staff, seed producers, traders and NGOs, participate in the development of a new plant variety.Text1 digital file (139 p. : ill.)enPLANT BREEDINGSEED PRODUCTIONPARTICIPATORY RESEARCHPARTICIPATORY PLANT BREEDINGBIODIVERSITYDATA ANALYSISARID AND SEMI-ARID AREASGENETIC RESOURCESGENOTYPESSOFTWAREMANUALSMETHODOLOGYGLOBAL SOUTHALGERIAEGYPTERITREAETHIOPIAIRANJORDANMOROCCOSYRIATUNISIAYEMENBook