Variations in dendrometric and fruiting characters of Vitellaria paradoxa populations and multivariate models for estimation of fruit yield

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Lamien, Niéyidouba ^a,c   Tigabu, Mulualem ^b   Guinko, Sita ^c   Oden, Per Christer ^b  

^a INERA CNRST   (Burkina Faso)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Fruit production; Karit ; Prediction; Shea butter; Shea tree

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TREE; YIELD;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

EID: 33845461131     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-006-9013-x     Document Type: Article

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