Response of onion to different nitrogen levels and method of transplanting in moderately salt affected soil

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 165-173

  Nawaz, Muhammad Qaisar ^a   Ahmed, Khalil ^a   Hussain, Syed Saqlain ^a   Rizwan, Muhammad ^a   Sarfraz, Muhammad ^a   Wainse, Ghulam Mustafa ^a   Jamil, Muhammad ^a  

^a Soil Salinity Research Institute (SSRI)   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Nitrogen fertilization; Onion; Planting technique; Salinity

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; SALINITY; TRANSPLANTATION; VEGETABLE; YIELD RESPONSE;

PAKISTAN;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 85030158262     PISSN: 15819175     EISSN: 18541941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14720/aas.2017.109.2.13     Document Type: Article

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