Agricultural Journal

Year: 2011
Volume: 6
Issue: 6
Page No. 347 - 352

Response of Tobacco Cultivars to Varying Fertiliser Levels in Striga gesnerioides Infested Soils in Zimbabwe

Authors : C. Koga, E. Mwenje and D. Garwe

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