Evaluation of drainage and tillage effect on watertable depth and maize yield in wet inland valleys in southwestern nigeria

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-231

  Ogban, P I ^a   Babalola, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Air filled porosity; Inland valley bottoms; Soil water

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; SOIL DRAINAGE; TILLAGE; WATER TABLE;

NIGERIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037160284     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(01)00135-4     Document Type: Article

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