Yield performance and adaptation of four sorghum cultivars in Igunga and Nzega districts of Tanzania

Communications in Biometry and Crop Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-10

  Bucheyeki, Tulole L ^a   Shenkalwa, Erasto M ^b   Mapunda, Theofora X ^b   Matata, Leah W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Tumbi Agricultural Research and Development Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Economic analysis; Farmer's assessment; Sorghum bicolour; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952477798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18960782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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