Yields of millet between shelterbelts in semi-arid northern Nigeria, with a traditional and a scientific method of determining sowing date, and at two levels of organic manuring

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-64

  Onyewotu, L O Z ^a   Stigter, C J ^b,c   Oladipo, E O ^c   Owonubi, J J ^c  

^a Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Advisories; Eucalyptus; Manuring; Millet; Nigeria; Shelterbelts; Sowing date

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442542451     PISSN: 00282928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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