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Evaluating the effect of plant population densities and nitrogen application on the leaf area index of maize in a reclaimed wetland in Kenya Cover

Evaluating the effect of plant population densities and nitrogen application on the leaf area index of maize in a reclaimed wetland in Kenya

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Language: English
Page range: 139 - 148
Submitted on: Oct 22, 2016
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Accepted on: Nov 28, 2016
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Published on: Feb 8, 2017
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2017 Catherine Waithira Njuguna, Hellen Wangechi Kamiri, John Robert Okalebo, Wilson Ngetich, Syphilline Kebeney, published by Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
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