Yield responses of garlic (Allium sativum L.) to oxadiazon, date of planting and intra-row spacing under irrigation at Kadawa, Nigeria

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1785-1789

  Adekpe, D I ^a   Shebayan, J A Y ^a   Chiezey, U F ^a   Miko, S ^b  

^a Institute for Agricultural Research   (Nigeria)

^b BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERBICIDE; IRRIGATION; SPACING; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KADAWA; KANO [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 36049044100     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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