Introducing autumn sugarcane as a relay intercrop in skipped row planted rice-potato cropping system for enhanced productivity and profitability in the Indian sub-tropics

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-530

  Singh, S N ^a   Yadav, R L ^a   Yadav, D V ^a   Singh, P R ^a   Singh, I ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SUGARCANE RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 79451471657     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001447971000058X     Document Type: Article

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