Optimum Seed Rate for Vigna sun-hum (Tagtaga) for Rangeland Rehabilitation in Sandy Soil of North Kordofan

Subject Areas : Arid Land Management

Ahmed M. M. Lazim ¹ , Elnazir M. Daw-elbait ² , Sahar Ezzat ³ , Salih. A. Elsheikh ⁴

1 - Elobeid Research Station, Agricultural Research Corporation, Sudan
2 - Elfashir Research Station, Agricultural Research Corporation, Sudan
3 - College of Forestry and Range Sciences, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Soba, Khartoum
4 - Elobeid Research Station, Agricultural Research Corporation, Sudan.

Received: 2018-05-23 Accepted : 2018-08-18 Published : 2019-04-01

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