Identifying seed uptake pathways: The spread of Agya amoah rice cultivar in Southwestern Ghana

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-269

  Marfo, K A ^a   Dorward, P T ^b   Craufurd, P Q ^b   Ansere Bioh, F ^a   Haleegoah, J ^a   Bam, R ^a  

^a CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 42149098366     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479708006170     Document Type: Article

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