Effect of storage time on weed seedling emergence and nutrient release in cattle manure

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-285

  Rufende, E ^a   Chivinge, O A ^a   Mariga, I K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; CYNODON DACTYLON; ELEUSINE INDICA; LEUCAS MARTINICENSIS; NICANDRA PHYSALODES;

EID: 0031818066     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479798343057     Document Type: Article

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