Effects of seasonal variation in temperature and cultivar on yield and yield determination of irrigated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) during the dry season in the Sahel of West Africa

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 439-448

  Ntare, B R ^a   Williams, J H ^a,b   Ndunguru, B J ^a,c  

^a ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SACCAR   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; GROUNDNUT; SEASONALITY; YIELD;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 0032432591     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859698006030     Document Type: Article

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