Use of a scoring technique to assess the effect of field variability on yield of pearl millet grown on three Alfisols in Niger

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-51

  Gandah, M ^a   Bouma, J ^b   Brouwer, J ^b   Van Duivenbooden, N ^c  

^a Inst Natl Rech Agronom du Niger   (Niger)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Intl Crops Res Inst Semi Arid T   (Niger)

Author keywords

Alfisols; Niger; Pearl millet; Scoring technique; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002266588     PISSN: 00282928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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