On-farm evaluation of fertilizer application and conservation tillage on productivity of cotton + pigeonpea strip intercropping on rainfed Vertisols of central India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-117

  Blaise, D ^a   Majumdar, G ^a   Tekale, K U ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR COTTON RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cajanus cajan; Conservation tillage; Fibre quality; Gossypium hirsutum; Zinc sulphate

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FARMS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CAJANUS CAJAN; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; FIBER QUALITY; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

FERTILIZERS;

COTTON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; TILLAGE;

FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN; PLANTS; RAIN; SOIL; STATISTICAL METHODS; ZINC SULFATE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

CAJANUS CAJAN; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 24344441190     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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