Crop performance in permanent raised bed rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab, India

Field Crops Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Singh, Yadvinder ^a   Humphreys, E ^b   Kukal, S S ^a   Singh, B ^a   Kaur, Amanpreet ^a   Thaman, S ^a   Prashar, A ^a   Yadav, S ^a,c   Timsina, J ^b   Dhillon, S S ^a   Kaur, N ^a   Smith, D J ^b   Gajri, P R ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct drilled wheat; Direct seeded rice; Permanent raised beds; Rice wheat; Tillage; Transplanted rice; Wheat yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOOD; FURROW IRRIGATION; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RICE; SANDY LOAM; SOWING; TILLAGE; TRANSPLANTATION; WHEAT;

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

MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 55949089025     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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