Effect of incorporation of legumes on selected soil chemical properties and weed growth in a potato cropping system at Timboroa, Kenya

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2392-2398

  Kiiya, Wycliffe Wabwile ^a   Mwonga, Samuel Mutuku ^b   Obura, Robert Kariuki ^b   Ngugi, Joseph Gitahu ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Legumes; Potato yield; Soil acidity; Soil fertility; Weeds control

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; PISUM SATIVUM; RUMEX ACETOSELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78049472253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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