Note on effects of soil surface crust on the grain yield of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in the Sahel

Field Crops Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-199

  Daba, Shibru ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Rainfall infiltration; Seedling emergence; Soil surface crest; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

SOIL SURFACE; TILLAGE; YIELD;

AFRICA;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0032918245     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(98)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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