Adoption of leaf color chart for nitrogen use efficiency in rice: Impact assessment of a farmer-participatory experiment in West Bengal, India

Field Crops Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-75

  Islam, Zahirul ^a   Bagchi, Bhanudeb ^b   Hossain, Mahabub ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b Nadia Zilla Farmers Development Organization Birnagar   (India)

Author keywords

Economic benefit; Farmer participatory research; Leaf color chart (LCC); Nitrogen management; Rice; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC BENEFIT; FARMER-PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; LEAF COLOR CHART (LCC); NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COLOR; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RICE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 34250903073     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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