Effects of fertilizer and hot-water treatment upon establishment, survival and yield of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, French)

Field Crops Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-223

  Hauser, S ^a  

^a Humid Forest Ecoregional Center   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Calcium; Magnesium; Phosphorus; Potassium; Root nematodes; Ultisol

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PEST CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

CAMEROON;

MUSA;

EID: 0034065632     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(00)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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