Soybean-chickpea rotation on Vertic Inceptisols. I. Effect of soil depth and landform on light interception, water balance and crop yields

Field Crops Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-224

  Singh, Piara ^a   Alagarswamy, G ^a   Pathak, P ^a   Wani, S P ^a   Hoogenboom, G ^b   Virmani, S M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.); Crop yields; Soybean (Glycine max L.); Vertic Inceptisol; Water balance; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; LANDFORM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; WATER BUDGET; YIELD;

INDIA;

CICER ARIETINUM; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0032723758     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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