Agricultural Journal

Year: 2011
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
Page No. 92 - 99

Seasonality and Crop Combination Effects on Growth and Yield of Two Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Cultivars in Sorghum/Maize/Okra Intercropin a Forest-Savanna Transition Zone of Nigeria

Authors : A.A. Makinde, N.J. Bello, F.O. Olasantan, M.A. Adebisi and H.A. Adeniyi

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