Soil water, soil nitrogen and productivity of lucerne-wheat sequences on deep silt loams in a summer dominant rainfall environment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 97-108

  Shen, Yuying ^a   Li, Lingling ^b   Chen, Wen ^c   Robertson, Michael ^d   Unkovich, Murray ^e   Bellotti, William ^f   Probert, Merv ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland farming; Rotation; Soil nitrogen; Water use; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; DRYLAND FARMING; FARMING SYSTEM; HARVESTING; RAINFALL; SILTY LOAM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LOESS PLATEAU;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 58349099211     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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