Enhancing crop water use efficiency with different spatial cropping sequences and subsequently harvested monetary benefit per unit rainfall under rainfed conditions

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-388

  Arif, Muhammad ^a   Malik, Muhammad Azim ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cropping sequences; Monetary benefit mm 1 rainfall; Rainfed zones; Water use efficiency; WUE

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; AVENA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HELIANTHUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649213328     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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