Productivity, weed dynamics, nutrient mining, and monetary advantage of maize-legume intercropping in the Eastern Himalayan Region of India

Plant Production Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 342-352

  Choudhary, Vijay Kumar ^a,b   Dixit, Anil ^b   Kumar, Paramasivam Suresh ^a,c   Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh ^d  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b ICAR National Institute of Biotic Stress Management   (India)

^c ICAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ABIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Maize equivalent yield; Monetary advantage; Nutrient mining; Productivity; Weed smothering efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907977523     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.17.342     Document Type: Article

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