Carry-over of residual soil moisture with mulching and conservation tillage practices for sowing of rainfed wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in north-west India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 43-52

  Sharma, Pradeep K ^a   Acharya, C L ^a  

^a CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Maize; Moisture conservation; Mulch; North west India; Organic carbon; Sowing date; Tillage; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; MULCHING; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; TILLAGE; WATER RETENTION;

INDIA;

EID: 0033758315     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00141-0     Document Type: Article

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1. In situ moisture conservation for wheat (Triticum aestivum) through mulching previous standing maize (Zea mays) crop with wild sage (Lantana camara)
2. Moisture conservation for rainfed wheat production with alternative mulches and conservation tillage in hills of north-west India
3. Impact office straw management on soil physical properties and wheat yield
4. Soil water conservation under zero and conventional tillage systems on the Canadian prairies
5. Effect of tillage and mulching on soil environment and cowpea seedling growth under arid conditions
6. Relative susceptibility of maize and soybean to flooding at seeding and seedling stage
7. Soil structure under different land uses
8. Rainwater utilization efficiency in rainfed lowland rice
9. Soil-stored available water and seasonal rainfall as an index of success or failure of rainted crops
10. Residual soil moisture and wheat yield in relation to mulching and tillage during preceding rainfed crop
11. Soil structural improvements with the addition of Lantana camara biomass in rice-wheat cropping