A rapid method for assessment of plant residue quality

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 662-666

  Praveen Kumar, ^a   Tarafdar, Jagadish C ^a   Panwar, Jitendra ^a   Kathju, Shyam ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crops; Decomposition; DHA 72; Residue quality estimation; Tree leaves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242370902     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200320268     Document Type: Article

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