The degradability of straw from single- and double-crop rice varieties

Tropical Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 184-191

  Vadiveloo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Degradability; Double crop; Rice; Single crop; Straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141872397     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ts.116     Document Type: Article

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