Effect of Micronutrient Treatments in Main and Ratoon Crops of Sweet Sorghum Cultivar ICSV 93046 Under Tropical Conditions

Sugar Tech

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-375

  Srinivasa Rao, P ^a   Kumar, C Ganesh ^b   Malapaka, Jayalakshmi ^b   Kamal, Ahmed ^b   Reddy, Belum V S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Main crop; Micronutrients; Ratoon crop; Stalk yield; Sugar yield; Sweet sorghum; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867097846     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-012-0172-y     Document Type: Article

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