Management of cracked soils for water saving during land preparation for rice cultivation

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 105-116

  Cabangon, Romeo J ^a   Tuong, T P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bypass flow; Irrigation; Mulching; Shallow tillage; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; MULCHING; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TILLAGE; WATER RETENTION;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0033863229     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00125-2     Document Type: Article

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