Mulch effects on rainfall interception, soil physical characteristics and temperature under Zea mays L.

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 227-235

  Cook, Hadrian F ^a   Valdes, Gerardo S B ^b   Lee, Howard C ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados en Ciencias Agricolas ^*  (Mexico)

^c Hadlow College Hadlow   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy; Interception; Mulch; Soil physical condition; Straw; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EVAPORATION; RAIN; STRAW;

SOIL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; TOPSOIL;

SOILS;

EVAPORATION; GRASS; INTERCEPTION; MAIZE; MULCHING; RAINFALL; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STRAW; TOPSOIL; WATER CONTENT;

CORN; EVAPORATION; FARM CROPS; FOREST CANOPY; MULCH; RAIN; SOIL; STRAW;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33749123489     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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