Incorporating short-season legumes and green manure crops into maize-based systems in the moist Guinea savanna of West Africa

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 463-479

  Franke, A C ^a,b   Schulz, S ^a,c   Oyewole, B D ^a   Bako, S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Intercooperation (SSMP)   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCUNA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; MUCUNA PRURIENS VAR. UTILIS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 8144226240     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001447970400211X     Document Type: Article

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