Growth and development of late season maize/soybean intercropping in response to nitrogen and crop arrangement in the forest agro-ecology of South Southern Nigeria

International Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Undie, U L ^a   Uwah, D F ^b   Attoe, E E ^a  

^a CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Additive mixture; Crop arrangement; Fertilizer; Intercropping; Maize; Soybean

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855280792     PISSN: 18164897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijar.2012.1.16     Document Type: Article

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