Integrated assessment of cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plain

Field Crops Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-47

  Biswas, B ^a   Ghosh, D C ^b   Dasgupta, M K ^b   Trivedi, N ^a   Timsina, J ^c   Dobermann, A ^d  

^a Government of West Bengal   (India)

^b VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropping systems; Economics; Energy use efficiency; India; Nutrient budget; Productivity; Rice wheat system; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NUTRITION; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CROPPING SYSTEMS; ENERGY USE EFFICIENCY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RICE-WHEAT SYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY;

CROPS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

FARM CROPS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS; SESAMUM INDICUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33747236681     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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