Interactions between nere (Parkia biglobosa) and under-planted sorghum in a parkland system in Burkina Faso

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-98

  Wilson, T D ^a   Brook, R M ^a   Tomlinson, H F ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARKIA BIGLOBOSA;

EID: 0031893857     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479798001069     Document Type: Article

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