Soil quality responses to alfalfa watered with a field micro-catchment technique in the Loess Plateau of China

Field Crops Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-74

  Jia, Yu ^a   Li, Feng Min ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Ling ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Ridge and furrow; Semiarid Loess Plateau; Soil fertility; Soil nutrients; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HARVESTING; NITROGEN;

MULCH TREATMENTS; RIDGE AND FURROW; SEMIARID LOESS PLATEAU; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

SOILS;

ALFALFA; FURROW IRRIGATION; SOIL QUALITY;

ALFALFA; HARVESTING; MULCH; NUTRIENTS; RAIN; RIDGES; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 27744460084     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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