Selection of superior tillage and fertilizer practices based on rainfall and soil moisture effects on pearl millet yield under semiarid inceptisols

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-371

  Nema, Anupam K ^a   Sankar, G R Maruthi ^b   Chauhan, S P S ^a  

^a R B S COLLEGE   (India)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Fertilizers; Rainfall; Regression models; Soil water; Water treatment; Yield

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

SEMIARID INCEPTISOL; TILLAGE TREATMENTS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HARVESTING; MILLET; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SOWING DATE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER TREATMENT; WEED CONTROL; ZERO TILLAGE;

AGRA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 43949126477     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2008)134:3(361)     Document Type: Article

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