Phosphorus and millet crop residue application affect the quantity and quality of millet leaves and fodder weeds for ruminants in agro-pastoral systems of the Sahel

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-263

  Buerkert, A ^a   Lamers, J P A ^a   Schmelzer, G H ^b   Becker, K ^a   Marschner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Dept Form en Protect des Vegetaux ^*  (Niger)

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EID: 0030835686     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479797003074     Document Type: Article

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