Short-term effects of conservation agriculture on Vertisols under tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) in the northern Ethiopian highlands

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 294-302

  Oicha, Tigist ^a,b   Cornelis, Wim M ^c   Verplancke, Hubert ^c   Nyssen, Jan ^c   Govaerts, Bram ^d   Behailu, Mintesinot ^e   Haile, Mitiku ^b   Deckers, Jozef ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^e PA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Conservation agriculture; Permanent bed; Runoff; Soil loss; Tef

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRY MATTERS; ERAGROSTIS TEF; ETHIOPIA; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MACRO-POROSITY; PERMANENT BED; PLANT HEIGHT; REDUCED SOILS; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PHYSICAL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY; VERTISOLS; WATER UPTAKE; YIELD COMPONENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CROPS; CULTIVATION; HERBICIDES; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; GRASS; HERBICIDE; LAND RECLAMATION; PHYTOMASS; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; UPLAND REGION; VERTISOL; WATER UPTAKE; WEED;

ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF;

EID: 76449084152     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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