Relay cropping of sorghum and legume shrubs for crop yield improvement and Striga control in the subsistence agriculture region of Tigray (northern Ethiopia)

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-26

  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

Cropping system; Dry land; Relay cropping; Striga

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; LEGUME; SOIL FERTILITY; SORGHUM; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; WEED CONTROL;

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

SESBANIA SESBAN; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 14044275221     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2004.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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