Agricultural Journal

Year: 2011
Volume: 6
Issue: 2
Page No. 60 - 65

Studies on the Adaptation of Bambara Groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc] in Owerri Southeastern Nigeria

Authors : N.I.C. Onwubiko, O.B. Odum, C.O. Utazi and P.C. Poly-Mbah

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