Effect of mulching on soil and plant water status, and the growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in a semi-arid environment

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1323-1334

  Chakraborty, Debashis ^a   Nagarajan, Shantha ^a   Aggarwal, Pramila ^a   Gupta, V K ^a   Tomar, R K ^a   Garg, R N ^a   Sahoo, R N ^a   Sarkar, A ^b   Chopra, U K ^a   Sarma, K S Sundara ^a   Kalra, N ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Canopy air temperature difference; Mulch; Root length density; Soil temperature; Water use efficiency; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CROPS; CURING; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CANOPY AIR TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; MULCH; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; GROWTH RESPONSE; MULCHING; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SANDY LOAM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 55249098856     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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