Furrow seeding with plastic mulching increases stand establishment and lint yield of cotton in a saline field

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1640-1646

  Dong, Hezhong ^a   Li, Weijiang ^a   Tang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Dongmei ^a  

^a SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COTTON; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM; SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.); COTTON LINTS; COTTON PRODUCTIONS; CULTURAL PRACTICES; DRY MATTER PRODUCTIONS; LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESISES; LEAF TISSUES; LINT YIELDS; PEROXIDATION; PLASTIC MULCHING; SALINE SOILS; SOIL TEMPERATURES; STAND ESTABLISHMENTS; WITH OR WITHOUT;

FORESTRY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 56849128759     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0074     Document Type: Article

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