Soil physical characteristics and chickpea yield responses to tillage treatments

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-57

  Barzegar, A R ^a,c   Asoodar, M A ^a   Khadish, A ^b   Hashemi, A M ^c   Herbert, S J ^c  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b Nat Resrc Res Ctr Lorestan Prov   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Chickpea grain yield; Dryland farming; Reduced tillage; Soil water storage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); RAIN; SOIL CONSERVATION; TEXTURES;

MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER;

AGRICULTURE;

CROP YIELD; DRYLAND FARMING; FIELD METHOD; SILTY CLAY LOAM; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; RAIN; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEXTURE;

IRAN;

CICER; CICER ARIENTINUM; CICER ARIETINUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037406008     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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