Spatial variations in water availability, soil fertility and grain yield in rainfed lowland rice: A case study from savannakhet province, lao PDR

Plant Production Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-195

  Inthavong, Thavone ^a,b   Fukai, Shu ^a   Tsubo, Mitsuru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought; Grain yield; Oryza sativa; Soil nutrient; Toposequence; Water level

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 79955152872     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.14.184     Document Type: Article

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