Resource-conserving technologies for wheat in the rice-wheat system

Improving the Productivity and Sustainability of Rice-Wheat Systems: Issues and Impacts

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-171

  Hobbs, Peter R ^a   Gupta, Raj K ^b  

^a Natural Research Management Systems International   (Australia)

^b CIMMYT India   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental issues; Indo Gangetic Plains; Resource conserving technologies; Rice wheat system; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85072160883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/asaspecpub65.c7     Document Type: Chapter

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