Use of velvet bean to improve soil fertility and weed control in corn production in Northern Belize

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 2171-2196

  Coultas, C L ^a   Post, T J ^a,b   Jones Jr , J B ^a,c   Hsieh, Y P ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Christian Reformed World Relief Committe   (Belize)

^c MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN YIELD; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; SOIL FERTILITY; VELVET BEAN; WEED CONTROL;

BELIZE;

EID: 0030450880     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629609369696     Document Type: Article

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