Nitrogen response and water use efficiency of sweet sorghum cultivars

Field Crops Research

Volumn 149, Issue , 2013, Pages 245-251

  Sawargaonkar, G L ^a   Patil, M D ^a   Wani, S P ^a   Pavani, E ^a   Reddy, B V S R ^a   Marimuthu, S ^b  

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

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Green stalk yield; Juice yield; Nitrogen use efficiency; Potential ethanol yield; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; ENERGY CROP; ETHANOL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HYBRID; NITROGEN; PROFITABILITY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SORGHUM; VERTISOL;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; PATANCHERU;

ANIMALIA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84879294486     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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