Maize growth and temperature in the Kenya highlands

Field experiments were conducted at Kitale, Kenya to investigate the effects of early soil warming on growth and yield of Zea mays. In the first of these experiments (1976) a polythene mulch was applied to warm the soil of late planted maize. In the second experiment (1971) maize with a mulch was pl...

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Main Author: Hawkins, Richard
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 1979
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13650/