Intercropping for the improvement of sorghum yield, soil fertility and Striga control in the subsistence agriculture region of Tigray (northern Ethiopia)

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-19

  Reda, F ^a   Verkleij, J A C ^a,b   Ernst, W H O ^a,b  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Sorghum; Striga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; SOIL FERTILITY; SORGHUM; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 14044261783     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2004.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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