Influence of tillage practices and nutrient management on crack parameters in a Vertisol of central India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-142

  Bandyopadhyay, K K ^a   Mohanty, M ^a   Painuli, D K ^a   Misra, A K ^a   Hati, K M ^a   Mandal, K G ^a   Ghosh, P K ^a   Chaudhary, R S ^a   Acharya, C L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Crack parameters; Direct seeding; India; Mould board ploughing; No tillage; Puddling; Reduced tillage; Sub soiling; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; CROPS; NUTRITION; WATER;

NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; CROPPING PRACTICE; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TILLAGE; VERTISOL;

(CENTRAL); INDIA;

GLYCINE MAX; LINUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0038348441     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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