Yield and resource utilization efficiency in baby cornlegume-intercropping system in the eastern plateau of India

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-395

  Banik, P ^a   Sharma, R C ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Additive series; Baby corn legume intercropping; Complementarity; Economics; Interspecific competition; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71049136560     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440040902834970     Document Type: Article

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