Erosion control in pineapple fields on the island of Ishigaki

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-96

  Sugahara, Kazuo ^a,b   Ohwaki, Yoshinari ^a,c   Banzai, Kenji ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cover crop; No tillage; Organic mulch

Indexed keywords

ANANAS COMOSUS; ARACHIS PINTOI; CAJAN; CAJANUS CAJAN; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA;

EID: 0035534150     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.35.91     Document Type: Article

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