Dryland maize yields and water use efficiency in response to tillage/crop stubble and nutrient management practices in China

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-57

  Wang, Xiaobin ^a   Dai, Kuai ^a   Zhang, Dingchen ^a   Zhang, Xiaoming ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Zhao, Quansheng ^a   Cai, Dianxiong ^a   Hoogmoed, W B ^b   Oenema, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dryland; Fertilizer; Maize; No till; Reduced tillage; Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; DRYLAND FARMING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; MAIZE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; STUBBLE; TILLAGE; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78249245710     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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