Emergence of irrigated cotton in flatland planting in relation to furrow opener type and crust-breaking treatments for Cambisols in central Iran

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-162

  Hemmat, Abbas ^a   Khashoei, A A ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Esfahan Agricultural Research Center Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crust breaker; Emergence; Furrow opener; Irrigated cotton; Soil cracking

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; SEED; SOILS;

IRRIGATED COTTON;

COTTON;

CAMBISOL; CLAY SOIL; COTTON; EMERGENCE; FURROW IRRIGATION; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL CRUST;

COTTON; IRRIGATION; SEEDS; SOIL;

(CENTRAL); IRAN;

GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0037379253     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(02)00157-5     Document Type: Article

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