Effects of tillage systems and mulch on soil physical quality parameters and maize (zea mays L.) yield in semi-arid Pakistan

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-325

  Iqbal, Muhammad ^a   Anwar ul Hassan, ^a   Ibrahim, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; MAIZE; MULCHING; POROSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROPERTY; TILLAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 51649124348     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2008.9755058     Document Type: Article

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