Tillage systems and stubble management in a Mediterranean-type environment in relation to crop yield and soil moisture

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-242

  Pala, M ^a   Harris, H C ^a   Ryan, J ^a   Makboul, R ^a   Dozom, S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

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CITRULLUS LANATUS; LENS CULINARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034013552     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479700002052     Document Type: Article

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