Predicting crop growth and aphid incidence in Brassica under semi-arid environment

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-7

  Kar, Gouranga ^a,b   Chakravarty, N V K ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WATER MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Aphid; Brassica; Brightness index; Greenness index; Infrared red ratio; Intercepted photosynthetically active radiation; Normalized difference

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0034057963     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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