Assessment of biomass, productivity and sustainability of soybean based cropping systems at three levels of nitrogen in deep vertisols of semi-arid tropical India

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 43-59

  Ramesh, P ^a   Ghosh, P K ^a   Sammi Reddy, K ^a   Ajay, ^a   Ramana, S ^a   Choudhary, R S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass accumulation; Cropping systems; Nitrogen; Nutrient balance; Productivity; Semi arid tropics; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPPING PRACTICE; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; VERTISOL;

ASIA; BHOPAL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ARIDA; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 24644521533     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v26n02_05     Document Type: Article

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