Cassava varietal response to fertilization: Growth dynamics and implications for cropping sustainability

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 353-365

  Pellet, D M ^a,b   El Sharkawy, M A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b Stn Federale Rech Prod Veg C   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0030752381     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479797003013     Document Type: Article

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