Changes in soil fertility and Striga hermonthica prevalence associated with Legume and cereal cultivation in the Sudan savannah zone of Ghana

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-343

  Abunyewa, A A ^a   Padi, F K ^a  

^a Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bambara groundnut; Bush fallow; Ghana; Soybean; Striga

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOOD PRODUCTS;

SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION;

SOILS;

CROP PRODUCTION; LEGUME; PEST SPECIES; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GHANA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GLYCINE MAX; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; VIGNA; VIGNA SUBTERRANEA;

EID: 0037669854     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.555     Document Type: Article

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