Effect of small-scale farmers' tree nursery growing medium on agroforestry tree seedlings' quality in Mt. Kenya region

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 359-364

  Kung'u, James B ^a   Kihara, J ^b   Mugendi, D N ^a   Jaenicke, Hannar ^c  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b World Agroforestry Centre ^*  (Kenya)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Compost; Farm soil; Growing media; Height growth; Sand; Sturdiness quotient; Tamarindus indica

Indexed keywords

TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 70350164551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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