Response of wheat-rice and maize/millet systems to fertilizer and manure applications in the mid-hills of Nepal

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Sherchan, D P ^a   Pilbeam, C J ^b   Gregory, P J ^b  

^a Pakhribas Agricultural Centre   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033042039     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479799001052     Document Type: Article

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