Maize yield determinants in farmer-managed trials in the Nigerian northern Guinea savanna

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 407-422

  Carsky, R J ^a,d   Nokoe, S ^a   Lagoke, S T O ^b   Kim, S K ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; HYBRID; MAIZE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NIGERIA; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PLANT HOST INTERACTION; PLANT VARIETY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION;

STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 0031663747     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479798004074     Document Type: Article

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