Millettia ferruginea from southern Ethiopia: Impacts on soil fertility and growth of maize

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-24

  Hailu, T ^a   Negash, L ^b   Olsson, M ^c  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endemic tree; Socioeconomic studies; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; MAIZE; SOIL FERTILITY; YIELD;

ETHIOPIA;

MILLETTIA; MILLETTIA FERRUGINEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034047590     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006274912762     Document Type: Article

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