Seasonal variation in biomass and primary productivity of para grass (Brachiaria mutica) under a mixed tree stand and in an adjacent open area in northern India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-85

  Saxena, A K ^a   Rana, B S ^a   Rao, O P ^a   Singh, B P ^a  

^a N D UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

litter; live shoot; net primary production; system transfer functions; turnover

Indexed keywords

BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA MUTICA; BRANCHIARIA; BRANCHIARIA MUTICA; UROCHLOA MUTICA;

EID: 0029854089     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00122890     Document Type: Article

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