Influence of soil and fertilizer nutrients on sustainability of rainfed finger millet yield and soil fertility in semi-arid alfisols

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1462-1483

  Maruthi Sankar, G R ^a   Sharma, K L ^a   Dhanapal, G N ^b   Shankar, M A ^b   Mishra, P K ^a   Venkateswarlu, B ^a   Grace, J Kusuma ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Crop seasonal rainfall; Crop yield sustainability; Regression analysis; Semiarid Alfisols; Soil fertility; Sustainability yield index

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT USE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SUSTAINABILITY;

INDIA;

ELEUSINE CORACANA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959518740     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2011.577863     Document Type: Article

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