Production potential and economics of safed musli (chlorophytum borivilianum) under intercropping system

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 669-678

  Singh, Man ^a   Singh, Aparbal ^a   Singh, Saudan ^a   Tripathi, R S ^a   Patra, D D ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Land equivalent ratio (LER); Net return; Safed musli (chlorophytum borivilianum); Yield

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS; CAJANUS CAJAN; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM; LABLAB; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79961140749     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650341003785768     Document Type: Article

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