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Impact of Locally Sourced Weed Biomass Mulches on Productivity and Weed Control Efficiency of Rice [Oryza sativa (L.)] Under Organic Management in an Eastern Himalayan Acidic Inceptisols of India

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The authors are thankful to the Director of ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India, for providing the necessary facilities and financial support to conduct this research.

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  1. ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim, 737102, India

    Amit Kumar, R. K. Avasthe, T. L. Bhutia, Saurav Saha, Ramgopal Devadas & E. L. Devi

  2. ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, 250110, India

    Raghavendra Singh

  3. Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Subhash Babu

  4. Spices Park Chhindwara, Spices Board of India, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, 480107, India

    B. A. Gudade

  5. ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Shillong, Meghalaya, 793103, India

    Shyam Karan & V. K. Mishra

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Kumar, A., Singh, R., Babu, S. et al. Impact of Locally Sourced Weed Biomass Mulches on Productivity and Weed Control Efficiency of Rice [Oryza sativa (L.)] Under Organic Management in an Eastern Himalayan Acidic Inceptisols of India. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-023-01386-w

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