Soil water and temperature in chemical versus reduced-tillage fallow in a mediterranean climate

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Al Mulla, Yaseen A ^a   Wu, Joan Q ^b   Singh, Prabhakar ^b   Flury, Markas ^b   Schillinger, William F ^b   Huggins, David R ^c   Stöckel, Claudio O ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical fallow; Pacific Northwest; Reduced tillage fallow; Seed zone water; SHAW; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HUMIDITY CONTROL; SEED; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL FALLOW; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; REDUCED-TILLAGE FALLOW; SEED-ZONE WATER; SHAW; WINTER WHEAT;

WATER CONTENT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 60349118245     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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