Rice-wheat cropping system: Assessment of sustainability under green manuring and chemical fertilizer inputs

Field Crops Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-30

  Yadav, R L ^a   Dwivedi, B S ^a   Pandey, P S ^a  

^a Proj Direct Cropping Syst Res   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical fertilizers; Cropping system; Green manure; Indo Gangetic plains; Rice wheat; Sustainability indices

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREEN MANURING; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 0033965680     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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