Tillage and residue management impacts on fodder sorghum production: Yield, energy, and soil properties

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Lal, Banwari ^a   Rajput, D S ^a   Singh, S D ^a   Gupta, H P ^a   Suman, Manju ^a  

^a INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bio residues; Economic return; Soil health; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Indexed keywords

FODDER; SOIL PROPERTY; SORGHUM; TILLAGE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LEUCAENA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33646484679     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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