Drought: Economic costs and research implications

Drought Frontiers in Rice: Crop Improvement for Increased Rainfed Production

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-17

  Pandey, Sushil ^a   Bhandari, Humnath ^a  

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EID: 84970963277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814280013_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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