Response of improved robusta coffee to location and management practices in Ghana

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-111

  Amoah, F M ^a   Osei Bonsu, K ^a   Oppong, F K ^a  

^a New Tafo   (Ghana)

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COFFEA CANEPHORA; GLYRICIDIA;

EID: 0030879979     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479797000215     Document Type: Article

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