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Rotation responses of cotton in the Sudan Gezira:I. The effect of crop rotation on cotton yields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. O. Burhan
Affiliation:
Qezira Agricultural Research Station, Wad Medani, Sudan
M. G. Mansi
Affiliation:
Qezira Agricultural Research Station, Wad Medani, Sudan

Extract

The rotation responses of unfertilized cotton were investigated using data obtained over a 28-year period from an experiment comparing ten rotations in various combinations of cotton with fallow and an alternating crop of dura (a sorghum millet) and lubia (a legume).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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