Weed control in maize using mucuna and canavalia as intercrops in the Northern Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 621-625

  Lawson, Innocent Y D ^a   Dzomeku, Israel K ^a   Asempa, Robert ^a   Benson, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Agroecological zone; Conventional manual weed; Cover crops; Intercropping; M. Prupienes; Maize; Weed suppression

Indexed keywords

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; MUCUNA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; MUCUNA PRURIENS VAR. UTILIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845773906     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2006.621.625     Document Type: Article

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