Cover crop effects on infiltration, soil temperature, and soil moisture distribution in the Canadian prairies

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-333

  Kahimba, Frederick C ^a   Sri Ranjan, Ramanathan ^a   Froese, Jane ^a   Entz, Martin ^a   Nason, Rebekah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Infiltration; Soil freezing; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; TDR

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; PERMITTIVITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ALEXANDRIUM; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (PANN); AVENA SATIVA L.; BERSEEM CLOVER; BIOMASS YIELDS; COVER CROPS; CROP ROTATIONS; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; CROP YIELDS; FIELD STUDIES; GROWING SEASONS; NEUTRON MOISTURE; NO-TILL CULTIVATION; ROOT ZONE; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOIL TEMPERATURES; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR); UNFROZEN WATER;

SOILS;

ALEXANDRIUM; AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 45849085345     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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