Relative drought tolerance of important herbaceous legumes and cereals in the moist and semi-arid regions of West Africa

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-190

  Ewansiha, S U ^a   Singh, B B ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blue pea; Cereals; Cowpea; Drought tolerance; Herbaceous legumes; Horse gram; Lablab; Soybean; Velvet bean

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CENTROSEMA; CHAMAECRISTA; CROTALARIA; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; LABLAB; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PISUM SATIVUM; STYLOSANTHES; VICIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33744490622     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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