Effects of nitrogen application on sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in the semi-arid tropical zone of India

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-73

  Uchino, Hiroshi ^a,e   Watanabe, Takeshi ^a,b   Ramu, Karri ^a   Sahrawat, Kanwar L ^a   Marimuthu, Subramanian ^c   Wani, Suhas P ^a   Ito, Osamu ^d  

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

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Institute for Sustainability and Peace   (India)

^e NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilizer management; Grain yield; SPAD reading; Sugar yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874361375     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.47.65     Document Type: Article

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