Physiological and morphological features determining the performance of the sorghum landraces of northern Nigeria

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-141

  Flower, D J ^a,b  

^a Intl Crops Res Inst Semi Arid T   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

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EID: 0029783569     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0014479700026041     Document Type: Article

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