Intercropping reduces striga damage
Intercropping millet with cowpeas reduces the growth and seed production of the parasitic weed, striga. Millet yields are not affected by competition from the cowpeas. In north-west Mali yields of millet are severely affected by Striga hermonthica....
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| Format: | News Item |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1994
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49404 |
| Summary: | Intercropping millet with cowpeas reduces the growth and seed production of the parasitic weed, striga. Millet yields are not affected by competition from the cowpeas. In north-west Mali yields of millet are severely affected by Striga hermonthica.... |
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