Optimization of water and nitrogen application to menthol mint (Mentha arvensis L.) through sugarcane trash mulch in a sandy loam soil of semi-arid subtropical climate

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 886-893

  Ram, Dasha ^a   Ram, Muni ^a   Singh, Ranjeet ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b R B S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Menthol mint crop; Nitrogen fertilization; Sugarcane trash mulch

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WATER;

MENTHOL MINT CROP; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE; SUGARCANE TRASH MULCH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN; PEPPERMINT OIL; WATER;

CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WATER;

CROP RESIDUE; HERB; MULCHING; NUTRIENT USE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MENTHA; MULCH; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; PLANT WATER USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY LOAM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUGARCANE;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; MENTHA; MENTHOL; NITROGEN; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SACCHARUM; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA X PIPERITA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 31344451690     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.04.047     Document Type: Article

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