Agricultural and Biological Sciences
4 years ago

Long-term fertilizer boosts maize yield and soil health in India's croplands.

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Long term fertilizer impact on crop biomass, microbial biomass carbon, microbial biomass nitrogen and nutrient uptake of swell - shrink soil in maize under finger millet - maize cropping sequence
D. Jayanthi, M. Malarkodi, B. Gokila, R. Shanmugasundaram

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