A micro-and meso-level modeling study for assessing sustainability in semi-arid tropical agro ecosystem using NUTMON-Toolbox

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-179

  Surendran, U ^a   Murugappan, V ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fertilizers; Inputs; NUTMON; Nutrient balance; Nutrient mining; Output

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847685188     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v29n02_10     Document Type: Article

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