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selected improved 0255 E.U.||Asumugha, G.||Ezedinma, C.||
cassava varieties Okoye, B.C.||Okarter, C.||Ilona, P.||
among Okechukwu, R.||Dixon, A.
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Agronomic and 2011-04 0308- Van Asten, P.J.A.||Wairegi, L.W.I.||

economic benefits 521X Mukasa, D.||Uringi, N.O.
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Allelopathic 2011 1118- Oluwatayo, J.I.||Asiedu, R.||

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Sudan Savannah
Zone of Nigeria

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farmers' field for 2075 Kehinde, I.A.||Okechukwu, R.U.
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Cassava mosaic 2011-07 2153- Alabi, O.J.||Kumar, P.L.||Naidu, R.A.

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current status of 2075 S.||Dixon, A.G.O.
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in bambara 9864 F.||Ng, N.Q.||Fawole, I.||Dominique,
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Genetic structure 2011-08 0032- Twizeyimana, M.||Ojiambo, P.S.||

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typology based 5654 Abdoulaye, T.||Kamara, A.Y.||
analysis of Ayanwale, A.
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poverty status in
the Sudan
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Influence of 2011-07 1991- Kamara, A.Y.||Ekeleme, F.||Omoigui,

nitrogen 637X L.O.||Chikoye, D.
fertilization on
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savanna of Nigeria

Isolation and 2011-06 0970- Kumar, C.S.||Rao, G.R.||Sireesha,

characterization of 2822 K.||Kumar, P.L.
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of India

Maintaining the 2011-08 0364- Robiglio, V.||Sinclair, F.

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Phosphorus and 2011-08 0014- Kamara, A.Y.||Ekeleme, F.||Omoigui,

nitrogen 4797 L.O.||AJEIGBE, H.A.
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Postflooding 2011-05 0361- Ferguson, M.E.||Jones, R.B.||Bramel,

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Preliminary 2011-02 1386- Vayssires, J.F.||Wharton, R.||

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sorghum 0340 L.||Menkir, A.||Chikoye, D.||Dugje,
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impact of HIV on 2276 P.||Agol, D.||Pain, A.||Seeley, J.
agricultural
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Seed coating 2011 1459- Chikoye, D.||Fontem, L.A.||Menkir, A.

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