Development of SPAD values of medium- and long-duration rice variety for site-specific nitrogen management

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 38-44

  Swain, D K ^a   Jagtap Sandip, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll meter; Critical growth stages; Rice yield; Site specific nitrogen management; SPAD value

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954450805     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2010.38.44     Document Type: Article

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