Performance of direct-seeded basmati rice in loamy sand in semi-arid sub-tropical India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-238

  Yadav, Sudhir ^a   Gill, M S ^a   Kukal, S S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Basmati rice; Compaction; Puddling; Root mass density; Soil moisture retention; Stand establishment

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; SAND; SOIL MOISTURE;

BASMATI RICE; ROOT MASS DENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE RETENTION; STAND ESTABLISHMENT;

CROPS;

BIOMASS; COMPACTION; CROP PERFORMANCE; CULTIVAR; LOAMY SAND; RICE; SEEDING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ORYZA SATIVA; PUSA;

EID: 36348976325     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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