Alternative crop rotations under Mediterranean no-tillage conditions: Biomass, grain yield, and water-use efficiency

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1227-1233

  Álvaro Fuentes, Jorge ^a   Lampurlanés, Jorge ^a   Cantero Martínez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CROP ROTATION; ECONOMICAL BENEFITS; GRAIN YIELD; GROWING SEASON; HORDEUM VULGARE; NO TILLAGE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RAINFED; ROTATION EFFECT; SEMIARID AREA; VICIA SATIVA; WATER ENVIRONMENTS; WATER USE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER SUPPLY;

ROTATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 70349448484     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0077     Document Type: Article

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