Optimum sowing dates for okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in monoculture and mixture with cassava (Manihot esculenta) during the rainy season in the south-west of Nigeria

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-58

  Olasantan, F O ^a   Bello, N J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; LOAM; MONOCULTURE; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOWING DATE;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ABELMOSCHUS; ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 3242668989     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859604004010     Document Type: Article

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