Effects of cropping and puddling practices on the cracking patterns in paddy fields

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 519-532

  Yoshida, Shuichiro ^a   Adachi, Kazuhide ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack control; Puddling; Row spacing; Tile drainage; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034813978     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2001.10408416     Document Type: Article

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