A straw mulch system to allow continuous wheat production in an arid climate

Field Crops Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-31

  Amir, Jacob ^b   Sinclair, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cereal cyst nematode; Heterodera avenae; No till; Straw mulch; Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ARID CLIMATE; CEREAL CYST NEMATODE; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; STRAW MULCH; WHEAT;

ISRAEL, NEGEV DESERT;

HETERODERA AVENAE; NEMATODA; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030440524     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4290(96)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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