Soil water conservation and yield of winter sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) as influenced by tillage, organic materials and nitrogen fertilizer in semi-arid tropical India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 246-257

  Patil, S L ^a   Sheelavantar, M N ^b  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Deep tillage; India; Leucaena leucocephala; Nitrogen; Organic materials; Semi arid tropics; Vertisols; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEEP TILLAGE; INDIA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; SEMI ARID TROPICS; SOIL WATER; VERTISOLS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

WATER CONSERVATION;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; SORGHUM; TILLAGE; VERTISOL; WATER MANAGEMENT; YIELD;

CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BIJAPUR; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 33646929877     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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