Standardisation of leaf colour chart based nitrogen management in direct wet seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 338-343

  Nachimuthu, Gunasekhar ^a   Velu, V ^b   Malarvizhi, P ^b   Ramasamy, S ^b   Gurusamy, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Leaf colour chart; Nitrogen; Rice; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 34948886253     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2007.338.343     Document Type: Article

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