Productivity of maize-bean intercropping in a semi-arid region of South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-388

  Tsubo, M ^a   Mukhala, E ^a,b   Ogindo, H O ^a   Walker, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Regional Food Security Programme   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Land equivalent ratio; Phaseolus vulgaris; Radiation use efficiency; Water use efficiency; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; SOLAR RADIATION;

FOOD DISTRIBUTION; INTERCROPPING SYSTEM;

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEMIARID REGION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RUTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344515308     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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