Specification effects in zero tillage survey data in South Asia's rice-wheat systems

Field Crops Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 166-172

  Erenstein, Olaf ^a  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT   (India)

Author keywords

Impact survey; India; Indo Gangetic Plains; Pakistan; Specification effects; Wheat; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INTERCROPPING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER USE; YIELD RESPONSE; ZERO TILLAGE;

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

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 58749106049     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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