Delineation of management zones by classification of soil physico-chemical properties in the Northern Savanna of Nigeria

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1572-1579

  Salam, Biola Titilope ^a   Okogun, Jacob Ade ^b   Sanginga, Ntenranya ^c  

^a BOWEN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Northern guinea savanna; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 79956317395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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