Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-525-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-525-2015
Research article
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21 May 2015
Research article |  | 21 May 2015

Does Jatropha curcas L. show resistance to drought in the Sahelian zone of West Africa? A case study from Burkina Faso

P. Bayen, T. K. Sop, A. M. Lykke, and A. Thiombiano

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