Pasture yield and soil water depletion of continuous growing alfalfa in the Loess Plateau of China

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 24-32

  Li, Yushan ^a   Huang, Mingbin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Evapotranspiration; Pasture; Water use

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 38949115657     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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