Improvement in grain and fodder yields of early-maturing promiscuous soybean varieties in the Guinea savanna of Nigeria

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2037-2042

  Tefera, H ^a   Kamara, A Y ^b   Asafo Adjei, B ^c   Dashiell, K E ^d  

^a CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^d NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 70749160169     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.02.0081     Document Type: Article

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