A review of nutrient management studies involving finger millet in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa

Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 262-290

  Thilakarathna, Malinda S ^a   Raizada, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofertilizers; Farmyard manure; Finger millet; Integrated nutrient management; Micronutrients; Nitrogen; Nutrient management; Organic fertilizer; Phosphorus; Potassium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940203209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy5030262     Document Type: Article

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