Impact of soil types on sorghum grain stored in underground pits in central Sudan

International Agricultural Engineering Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 219-229

  Abdalla, A El Tayeb ^a   Ali, K H ^a   Stigter, C J ^b   Adam, A I ^a   Mohamed, H A Hafiz ^a   Mohammed, A El Tayeb ^a   Gough, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain storage; Pits; Soil; Sorghum; Underground grain storage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MOISTURE; PERFORMANCE;

SORGHUM; UNDERGROUND GRAIN STORAGE;

SOILS;

EID: 18744399258     PISSN: 08582114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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