Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) kocho yield under different crop establishment methods as compared to yields of other carbohydrate-rich food crops

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-94

  Tsegaye, Admasu ^a   Struik, P C ^b  

^a Awassa College of Agriculture   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dry matter yield; Ensete ventricosum; Fermentation; Food security; Fresh yield; Kocho

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CANOPY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ENSETE VENTRICOSUM; ETHIOPIA; FRESH WEIGHT; MOISTURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

CROP YIELD; DRY MATTER; FERMENTATION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0035164749     PISSN: 00282928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(01)80017-8     Document Type: Article

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