Effect of pre-planting tillage on crop yields and weed biomass in a rice-wheat system on a sandy loam soil in Punjab

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-89

  Gajri, P R ^a   Gill, K S ^a   Singh, Rachhpal ^a   Gill, B S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Pre puddling tillage; Puddle quality; Rice yield; Weed infestation

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; RICE; SANDY LOAM; TILLAGE; WHEAT; YIELD;

INDIA;

ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032694790     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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