Tillage and irrigation effects on crop yields and soil properties under the rice-wheat system in the Indian Himalayas

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 993-1002

  Bhattacharyya, R ^a   Kundu, S ^a   Pandey, S C ^a   Singh, K P ^a   Gupta, H S ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Rice and wheat yield; Soil organic C; Soil physical properties; Tillage; Water use

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; IRRIGATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP YIELDS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; HIMALAYAS; IRRIGATION EFFECTS; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; RICE AND WHEAT YIELD; RICE-WHEAT SYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL-WATER; TILLAGE; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

CROP YIELD; FIELD METHOD; FLOWERING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; RICE; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TILLAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 49549088577     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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