Maize-cowpea intercropping and weed suppression in leaf stripped and detasselled maize in Zimbabwe

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1218-1226

  Katsaruware, R D ^a   Manyanhaire, I O ^a  

^a ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Intercropping adaptability weed suppression; Productivity leafstripped detasselled

Indexed keywords

VIGNA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77953496848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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