The effects of repeated soil wetting and drying on lowland rice yield with system of rice intensification (SRI) methods

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-14

  Ceesay, Mustapha ^a   Reid, William S ^a   Fernandes, Erick C M ^a   Uphoff, Norman T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittent flooding; Lowland rice; SRI; Water management; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946398566     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2006.9686007     Document Type: Article

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