Productivity and sustainability of the rice-wheat cropping system in the indo-gangetic plains of the indian subcontinent: Problems, opportunities, and strategies

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 315-369

  Chauhan, Bhagirath S ^a   Mahajan, Gulshan ^b   Sardana, Virender ^b   Timsina, Jagadish ^a   Jat, Mangi L ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Cropping System Agronomist   (India)

Author keywords

Climate; Crop residue; Input use efficiencies; Management; Nutrients; Water shortage; Weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865389211     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394278-4.00006-4     Document Type: Chapter

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