Irrigation and nitrogen scheduling as a requirement for optimising wheat yield and quality in Haryana, India

Field Crops Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 80-88

  Coventry, D R ^a   Yadav, A ^b   Poswal, R S ^c   Sharma, R K ^c   Gupta, R K ^c   Chhokar, R S ^c   Gill, S C ^c   Kumar, V ^b   Kumar, A ^c   Mehta, A ^b   Kleemann, S G L ^a   Cummins, J A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCH   (India)

^d Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apparent recovery; Attainable yields; Chapatti quality; N fertiliser; Split applications

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WHEAT;

HARYANA; INDIA;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79959356958     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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