Influence of resource quality of organic inputs on rice-barley dryland agro-ecosystem: Variations in biological productivity, grain yield and efficiency of nitrogen use

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-161

  Singh, Sonu ^a   Ghoshal, Nandita ^a   Singh, K P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; SESBANIA; SESBANIA BISPINOSA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34247481533     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479706004571     Document Type: Article

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