Agro-climatic zones of India

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Venkateswarlu, J ^a,b   Ramakrishna, Y S ^a,c   Rao, A S ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Ctrl Res Inst for Dryland Agric ^*  (India)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Agro climatic zones; Indian region; Regrouping of NARP zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142583796     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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