Performance of diverse upland rice cultivars in low and high soil fertility conditions in West Africa

Field Crops Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-250

  Saito, Kazuki ^a   Futakuchi, Koichi ^a  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll content; Indica; Low soil fertility; Oryza glaberrima; Specific leaf area; Upland rice; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LEAF AREA; RICE; SOIL FERTILITY; TILLAGE; UPLAND REGION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

JAPONICA; ORYZA GLABERRIMA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 61349165471     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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