The effects of green manuring and chemical fertiliser application on maize yield, quality and soil composition

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-142

  Shehu, Y ^a,b   Alhassan, W S ^a   Mensah, G W K ^a   Aliyu, A ^a   Phillips, C J C ^b,c  

^a ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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CAJANUS CAJAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031773673     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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