Effects of wheat straw and farmyard manure mulches on overcoming crust effect, improving emergence, growth and yield of soybean and reducing dry matter of weeds

International Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 418-424

  Singh, Guriqbal ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crust formation; Emergence; Farmyard manure; Mulch; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77949556675     PISSN: 18164897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijar.2009.418.424     Document Type: Article

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