On-farm evaluation of leaf color chart for need-based nitrogen management in irrigated transplanted rice in northwestern India

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-176

  Yadvinder Singh, ^a   Bijay Singh, ^a   Ladha, Jagdish K ^b   Bains, Jaswinder S ^a   Gupta, Rajeev K ^a   Jagmohan Singh, ^a   Balasubramanian, V ^c  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NASC Complex   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Agronomic efficiency of N; Leaf color chart; Partial factor productivity of N; Recovery efficiency of N; Rice; Rice cultivars

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COLOR MORPH; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; RICE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247895397     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-006-9082-2     Document Type: Article

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