Global climate change and Indian agriculture: Impacts, adaptation and mitigation

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 911-919

  Aggarwal, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Earth temperature; Greenhouse gases; Methane; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 60549083820     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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