Grain yield response of sorghum (sorghum bicolor) to tied ridges and planting methods on entisols and vertisols of Alemaya area, eastern Ethiopian highlands

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-128

  Gebrekidan, Heluf ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Entisols; Flat bed planting; Furrow planting; Np fertilizer; Ridge planting; Tied ridge; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

EID: 31944445269     PISSN: 16129830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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