Response of maize and cucumber intercrop to soil moisture control through irrigation and mulching during the dry season in Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 509-515

  Ayotamuno, Josiah M ^a   Zuofa, K ^a   Ofori, Sunday A ^a   Kogbara, Reginald B ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Irrigation; Maize; Mulching; Oil palm bunch refuse; Plant height; Total fresh cob yield; Total fruit yield; Total grain yield; Vine length

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PALM OIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GRAIN YIELD; HARVEST; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT YIELD; PROBABILITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ELAEIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947258388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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