Moisture conservation for rainfed wheat production with alternative mulches and conservation tillage in the hills of north-west India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 153-163

  Acharya, C L ^a   Kapur, O C ^a   Dixit, S P ^a  

^a CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Earthworms; Eupatorium; Organic carbon; Root growth; Wild sage

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CONSERVTION; CROP PRODUCTION; MULCHING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

INDIA, (NORTHWEST);

AGERATINA ADENOPHORA; ANIMALIA; EUPATORIUM; LANTANA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SALVIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032474527     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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