Effect of plant spacing and organic mulch on growth, yield and quality of natural sweetener plant Stevia and soil fertility in western Himalayas

International Journal of Plant Production

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-334

  Kumar, R ^a   Sood, S ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Kasana, R C ^a   Pathania, V L ^a   Singh, B ^a   Singh, R D ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Organic mulch; Spacing; Stevia; Steviol glycoside; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901376454     PISSN: 17356814     EISSN: 17358043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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