Synthetic and organic mulching and nitrogen effect on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in a semi-arid environment

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 738-748

  Chakraborty, Debashis ^a   Garg, R N ^a   Tomar, R K ^a   Singh, Ravender ^a   Sharma, S K ^a   Singh, R K ^b   Trivedi, S M ^a   Mittal, R B ^a   Sharma, P K ^a   Kamble, K H ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan   (India)

Author keywords

Crop growth; N uptake; Organic and synthetic mulch; Water use; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP GROWTH; CROP WATER USE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GRAIN YIELD; HIGHER PLANTS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MULCH TREATMENT; N USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN EFFECTS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT WATER; POLYETHYLENE MULCHES; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; RICE HUSK; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT LENGTH; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; ROOT WEIGHT; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUB-SURFACES; WATER USE; WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; MULCHING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER USE; WHEAT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 76349096465     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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