Optimum plant population for maize-bean intercropping system in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 474-480

  Morgado, Luiz Balbino ^a   Willey, Robert William ^b  

^a EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cropping system; Phaseolus vulgaris; Plant density; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 52649128407     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162008000500005     Document Type: Article

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