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close this bookSoils, Crops and Fertilizer Use: A Field Manual for Development Workers (Peace Corps, 1986, 338 p.)
close this folderChapter 10: Fertilizer guidelines for specific crops
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(introduction...)

This chapter gives specific guidelines for using organic and chemical fertilizers on the following crops:

CEREALS

PULSES

ROOT CROPS

VEGETABLES

Maize

Beans

Cassava (Manioc)

Direct-planted

Millet

Cowpeas

Potatoes

Transplanted

Sorghum

Peanuts

Sweet potatoes


Rice

Soybeans



FRUIT CROPS

TROPICAL PASTURES

Bananas

Grasses

Mango

Grass-legume pastures

Papaya


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