Traditional practices of ginger cultivation in Northeast India

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Rahman, H ^a   Karuppaiyan, R ^a   Kishore, K ^a   Denzongpa, R ^a  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

Ginger; Indigenous cultivation; Northeast India

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960121845     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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