Impact of resource-conserving technologies on productivity and greenhouse gas emissions in the rice-wheat system

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-277

  Pathak, Himanshu ^a   Saharawat, Yash S ^b   Gathala, Mahesh ^b   Ladha, Jagdish K ^b  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b International Rice Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Biocide residue index; Global warming potential; Greenhouse gas emissions; Nbudget; Resource conserving technologies

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDES; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; NBUDGET; RESOURCE CONSERVING; RICE-WHEAT SYSTEM; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84856898074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.027     Document Type: Article

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