Competition between maize and pigeonpea in semi-arid Tanzania: Effect on yields and nutrition of crops

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 115-125

  Kimaro, A A ^a   Timmer, V R ^a   Chamshama, S A O ^b   Ngaga, Y N ^b   Kimaro, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Improved fallows; Manure; Soil fertility; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; HARVESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAIZE; MANURE; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

AFRICA; DODOMA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BOS; CAJANUS CAJAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69249202344     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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