Effects of ridge-furrow tillage on soil water and crop yield in semiarid region

2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3571-3574

  Liu, MuXing ^a   Ge, Yongqin ^b  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Furrow planting; Rainfed agriculture; Ridge furrow tillage

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CROPS; CULTIVATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; FURROW PLANTING; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RIDGE-FURROW TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 50949088214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2008.395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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