Land surface modification and crop diversification for enhancing productivity of a vertisol

International Journal of Plant Production

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-472

  Mandal, K G ^a   Hati, K M ^b   Misra, A K ^b   Bandyopadhyay, K K ^c   Tripathi, A K ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Broad bed and furrow; Crop production; Soybean based system; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

CAJANUS CAJAN; CICER ARIETINUM; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877006763     PISSN: 17356814     EISSN: 17358043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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