Pigeon Pea for Africa: A Versatile Vegetable - And More

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1073-1079

  Snapp, S S ^a   Jones, R B ^b   Minja, E M ^b   Rusike, J ^c   Silim, S N ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics Eastern and Southern Africa   (Kenya)

^c Intl Crop Res Inst Semi Arid T   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cajanus cajan; Farmer adoption; Multi use shrub; Tropical legume

Indexed keywords

CAJANUS CAJAN; COLUMBA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0344153870     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.6.1073     Document Type: Review

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