Evaporation from soil in relation to residue rate, mixing depth, soil texture and evaporativity

Soil Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 293-301

  Gill, B S ^a   Jalota, S K ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crop residues; Evaporation; Mulching; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

CROP RESIDUE; EVAPORATION; MULCHING; SOIL TEXTURE; TILLAGE;

EID: 0030499007     PISSN: 09333630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0933-3630(95)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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