Fertilizer management for sustainable production of potato (Solanum tuberosum)-onion (Allium cepa)-rice (Oryza sativa) cropping sequence in alluvial soils of Bihar

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 503-507

  Kumar, Dhruv ^a   Sharma, R C ^a  

^a CENTRAL POTATO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cereal; Crop yields; Cropping system productivity; Farmyard manure; Fertilizers; Net returns; Onion; Potato; Rice; Soil fertility; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ORYZA SATIVA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0038530898     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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