Effect of tillage and mode of straw mulch application on soil erosion in the submontaneous tract of Punjab, India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 107-115

  Bhatt, Rajan ^a   Khera, K L ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Edaphic environment; Mulching; Runoff; Soil loss; Tillage

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; RUNOFF; SOILS;

EDAPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MULCHING; SOIL LOSS; TILLAGE;

EROSION;

EROSION CONTROL; MOISTURE CONTENT; MULCHING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646186602     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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