Productivity of wheat and alfalfa under intercropping

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 391-395

  Abdel Magid, H M ^a   Ghoneim, M F ^a   Rabie, R K ^a   Sabrah, R E ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; INTERCROPPING; NITROGEN; WHEAT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0026315183     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479700019360     Document Type: Article

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