Screening process for ideal food legume cover crops in the tropical ecosystem: (ii) application of the selection method for grain legume crops of the benue river basins of nigeria (brbn)

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-31

  Obiagwu, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

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EID: 0002590221     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v10n01_04     Document Type: Article

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