Soybean production potential in Africa

Global Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-40

  Sinclair, Thomas R ^a   Marrou, Helene ^a   Soltani, Afshin ^b   Vadez, Vincent ^c   Chandolu, Krishna C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Africa; Drought; Phenology; Soybean; Transpiration; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894421123     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2013.12.001     Document Type: Review

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