African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6854

Full Length Research Paper

Response of eight sorghum varieties to plant density and nitrogen fertilization in the Sudano-Sahelian zone in Mali

Joseph Sékou B. DEMBELE
  • Joseph Sékou B. DEMBELE
  • Centre d’Etude Régional pour l’Amélioration de l’Adaptation à la Sécheresse (CERAAS), Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Route de Khombole, BP 3320, Thiès, Sénégal.
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Boubacar GANO
  • Boubacar GANO
  • Centre d’Etude Régional pour l’Amélioration de l’Adaptation à la Sécheresse (CERAAS), Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Route de Khombole, BP 3320, Thiès, Sénégal.
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Michel VAKSMANN
  • Michel VAKSMANN
  • CIRAD, UMR AGAP, BP 1813, Bamako, Mali.
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Mamoutou KOURESSY
  • Mamoutou KOURESSY
  • Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER), LABOSEP de Sotuba, BP 262, Bamako, Mali.
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Léonce Lamine DEMBELE
  • Léonce Lamine DEMBELE
  • Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER), LABOSEP de Sotuba, BP 262, Bamako, Mali.
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Mohamed DOUMBIA
  • Mohamed DOUMBIA
  • Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER), LABOSEP de Sotuba, BP 262, Bamako, Mali.
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Niaba TEME
  • Niaba TEME
  • Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER), LABOSEP de Sotuba, BP 262, Bamako, Mali.
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Diaga DIOUF
  • Diaga DIOUF
  • Laboratoire Campus de Biotechnologies Végétales, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), BP 5005, Code postal 10700, Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Alain AUDEBERT
  • Alain AUDEBERT
  • CIRAD, UMR AGAP, BP 3320, Thiès, Sénégal.
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  •  Received: 16 June 2020
  •  Accepted: 25 August 2020
  •  Published: 31 October 2020

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