Effect of tillage management on energy-use efficiency and economics of soybean (Glycine max) based cropping systems under the rainfed conditions in North-West Himalayan Region

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Singh, K P ^a   Prakash, Ved ^a   Srinivas, K ^a   Srivastva, A K ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HILL AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Input energy; Minimum tillage; Output energy; Soybean based cropping system; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FERTILIZERS; FINANCE; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROPPING SEQUENCES; CROPPING SYSTEMS; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY SAVINGS; ENERGY-USE EFFICIENCY; FIELD PEA; GLYCINE MAX; INPUT ENERGY; MAXIMUM ENERGY; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; MINIMUM TILLAGE; NET INCOMES; OUTPUT ENERGY; OUTPUT-INPUT ENERGY RATIO; PISUM SATIVUM; PLANT PROTECTION; RAINFED; SOYBEAN BASED CROPPING SYSTEM; TILLAGE MANAGEMENT; TOTAL ENERGIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.; ZERO TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CULTIVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

GLYCINE MAX; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 49849091209     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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