Evaluation of yield and some physiological changes in corn and sorghum under irrigation regimes and application of barley residue, zeolite and superabsorbent polymer

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 891-906

  Najafinezhad, Hamid ^a   Tahmasebi Sarvestani, Zynolabedin ^a   Modarres Sanavy, Seyed Ali Mohammad ^a   Naghavi, Hormozde ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Soil and Water Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corn; Irrigation regime; Residue; Sorghum; Superabsorbent; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84924495656     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2014.959938     Document Type: Article

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