Relationships between rainfall and sorghum, millet and sesame in the Kassala Province, Eastern Sudan

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-223

  Larsson, Helena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural parameters; Correlation analysis; Kassala province; Rainfall parameters

Indexed keywords

MILLET; RAINFALL; SESAME; SORGHUM;

SUDAN, KASSALA PROVINCE;

PENNISETUM; SESAME INDICUM; SORGHUM;

EID: 0029773719     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0018     Document Type: Article

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