Improving water utilization in maize production through conservation tillage systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 757-761

  Munodawafa, Adelaide ^a   Zhou, Neil ^a  

^a MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Drainage; Growth effective rainfall; Run off; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CONSERVATION; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; EROSION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUES; GRAIN YIELDS; GROUND COVER; GROWTH-EFFECTIVE RAINFALL; LAND DEGRADATION; MAIZE PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORKS; RUN-OFF; SANDY SOILS; SEMI-ARID; SEMI-ARID REGIONS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSSES; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; TILLAGE SYSTEMS; WATER UTILIZATION; ZIMBABWE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; MAIZE; MULCHING; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL EROSION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48749083271     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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