Winter barley performance under different cropping and tillage systems in semiarid Aragon (NE Spain)

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-63

  Moret, D ^a   Arrue J L ^a   Lopez M V ^a   Gracia, R ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barley; Conservation tillage; Dryland farming; Fallow; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRY MATTER; DRYLAND FARMING; EVAPORATION; GROWING SEASON; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WINTER; ZERO TILLAGE;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33751399028     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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