The effects of irrigation method, age of seedling and spacing on crop performance, productivity and water-wise rice production in Japan

Paddy and Water Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Chapagain, Tejendra ^a   Yamaji, Eiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternate wet and dry irrigation (AWDI); Split split plot design (S SPD); System of rice intensification (SRI); Water productivity; Water savings

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DISEASE CONTROL; FLOODING; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; PEST CONTROL; SEEDLING; SOIL PROPERTY; SPACING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 77954085588     PISSN: 16112490     EISSN: 16112504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-009-0187-5     Document Type: Article

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