Yield responses of winter (rabi) forage crops to irrigation with saline drainage water

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-75

  Yadav, R K ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Lal, D ^b   Batra, L ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON BUFFALOES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; BUBALUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; MELILOTUS; MELILOTUS INDICA; POACEAE; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM;

EID: 1642525694     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479703001431     Document Type: Article

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