Variable rate fertilizer application in Turkish wheat agriculture: Economic assessment

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 647-652

  Tekin, Arif Behiç ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Economic assessment; Precision agriculture; Variable rate fertilizer application; Wheat production

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77952605417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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