An investigation of the agroclimatic potential of the forest-savanna transition zone of Nigeria for the cultivation of sorghum

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-171

  Bello, N J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0030950240     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479797000057     Document Type: Article

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