Six month storability of five soybean cultivars as influenced by stage of harvest, storage temperature and relative humidity

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-99

  Nkang, A ^a   Umoh, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

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