Effects of plant population and nitrogen fertilizer on yield and efficiency of maize-bean intercropping

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1257-1264

  Morgado, Luiz Balbino ^a   Willey, Robert William ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land use; Mixed cropping; Phaseolus vulgaris; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 1242333221     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2003001100002     Document Type: Article

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