Relative efficacy of vermicompost and farmyard manure integrated with inorganic fertilizers for sustainable productivity of forage sorghum (sorghum bicolor (l.) moench)

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-308

  Sheoran, R S ^a   Rana, D S ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Farmyard manure; Forage yield; Inorganic fertilizer; Productivity; Sorghum; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849153112     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.53.2005.3.7     Document Type: Article

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