Combining mineral fertilizer and green manure for increased, profitable cassava production

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-187

  Pypers, Pieter ^a   Bimponda, Willy ^b   Lodi Lama, Jean Paul ^a,b   Lele, Bonaventure ^c   Mulumba, Raoul ^c   Kachaka, Claude ^c   Boeckx, Pascal ^c   Merckx, Roel ^d   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^e  

^a Institute of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (TSBF CIAT)   (Kenya)

^b Institut National des Etudes et de la Recherche Agricole (INERA)   (Kenya)

^c Facultédes Sciences   (Kenya)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOLAENA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84855830620     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2011.0219     Document Type: Article

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