Ecological characteristics and cultivar influence optimal plant density of East African highland bananas (Musa spp., AAA-EA) in low input cropping systems

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 150, Issue , 2013, Pages 299-311

  Ndabamenye, T ^a   Van Asten, P J A ^b   Blomme, G ^c   Vanlauwe, B ^d   Swennen, R ^e   Annandale, J G ^a   Barnard, R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

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

^e Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agro ecological site; Leaf area index; Optimal plant density; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; DESERT; FRUIT; GENOME; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERMPLASM; GROWTH RATE; HORTICULTURE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; RAINFALL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOLAR RADIATION; UPLAND REGION;

RWANDA;

MUSA;

EID: 84871666003     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.11.037     Document Type: Article

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