Economizing the use of nitrogen fertilizer in wheat production through enriched compost

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Ahmad, Rizwan ^a   Naveed, Muhammad ^b   Aslam, Muhammad ^a   Zahir, Zahir A ^b   Arshad, Muhammad ^b   Jilani, Ghulam ^c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Economics; Environmental pollution; Fortified compost; Growth and yield; Nutrient uptake; Organic wastes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMPOSTING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 49249101342     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170508002299     Document Type: Article

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