Effect of application of distillery-effluent on maize (Zea mays) crop and soil properties

Indian Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 70-74

  Singh, Y ^a,b   Bahadur, Raj ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Department of Agronomy ^*

Author keywords

Bioiogical oxygen demand; Bulk density; Distillery effluent; Effluent irrigation; Infiltration rate; Soil fertility; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031901527     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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