Ridge and furrow method of rainfall concentration for fertilizer use efficiency in farmland under semiarid conditions

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-913

  Ren, Xiaolong ^a,b,c   Chen, Xiaoli ^a,c   Jia, Zhikuan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Corn; Nutrient use efficiency; Rainfall concentration; Ridge and furrow; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CORN PLANT; FERTILIZER USE; GRAIN YIELD; GROWING SEASON; NUTRIENT-USE EFFICIENCIES; RAINFALL CONCENTRATION; RC SYSTEM; RIDGE AND FURROW; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; UPPER LIMITS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FARMS; FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 74049087925     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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