Effect of vermiculite as an ameliorant for paper mill effluent irrigated soil and on the productivity of sunflower

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-178

  Jayabalakrishnan, R M ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Degraded soils; Sunflower yield; Treated paper and pulp mill effluent irrigation; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 34247103270     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2007.175.178     Document Type: Article

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