African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6863

Full Length Research Paper

Agronomic and economic evaluation of the N and P response of bread wheat grown in the moist and humid midhighland vertisols areas of Arsi zone, Ethiopia

Dawit Habte
  • Dawit Habte
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Wheat Regional Center of Excellence, P. O. Box 489, Asella, Ethiopia.
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Kassu Tadesse
  • Kassu Tadesse
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Wheat Regional Center of Excellence, P. O. Box 489, Asella, Ethiopia.
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Wubengeda Admasu
  • Wubengeda Admasu
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Wheat Regional Center of Excellence, P. O. Box 489, Asella, Ethiopia.
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Tadesse Desalegn
  • Tadesse Desalegn
  • Eastern Africa Agricultural Productivity Project (EAAPP), Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Wheat Regional Center of Excellence, P. O. Box 489, Asella, Ethiopia.
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Asrat Mekonen
  • Asrat Mekonen
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, Wheat Regional Center of Excellence, P. O. Box 489, Asella, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 08 September 2014
  •  Accepted: 17 December 2014
  •  Published: 15 January 2015

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