Underground sorghum storage in cracking clay needs shallow pits, chaff linings and wide caps

Tropical Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-64

  Abdalla, A T ^a   Stigter, C J ^a   Gough, M C ^a   Mohamed, H A ^a   Mohammed, A E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cracking clay; Pit storage; Sorghum; Storage; Underground grain storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036272735     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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