Comparisons of yield, water use efficiency, and soil microbial biomass as affected by the system of rice intensification

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Zhao, Limei ^a,b   Wu, Lianghuan ^a   Li, Yongshan ^c   Animesh, Sarkar ^a   Zhu, Defeng ^d   Uphoff, Norman ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^d CHINA NATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e Agriculture and Development ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; System of rice intensification (SRI); Water use efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PADDY FIELD; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 74849135285     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620903360247     Document Type: Article

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