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Effect of zinc fertilization in sub-tropical floodplain soils under rice-wheat cropping sequence [1]

Zinc (Zn) is the most important micronutrient required for sustainable crop production, particularly for rice and wheat crops. Therefore, on-farm trails (OFTs) were conducted at seventeen different locations during 2006-08 to evaluate the direct and residual application effect of Zn, applied through zinc sulphate heptahydrate under rice-wheat (RW) cropping sequence.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
Pritpal Singh [2], Sat Pal Saini [3]
Indian Journal of Ecology [4]
38
2
194-200
Tags:
Agriculture [5], Rice [6], Wheat [7], Chemical Fertilisers [8], Ropar [9], Punjab [10], Agricultural Inputs [11]
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