Growth, yield and water productivity of zero till wheat as affected by rice straw mulch and irrigation schedule

Field Crops Research

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-225

  Balwinder Singh, ^a   Humphreys, E ^b   Eberbach, P L ^a   Katupitiya, A ^c   Yadvinder Singh, ^d   Kukal, S S ^d  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c Murray Darling Basin Commission   (Australia)

^d PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cumulative pan evaporation; North west India; Soil temperature; Water use

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GROWTH MODELING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION; MULCH; RICE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; STRAW; WATER USE; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79951576464     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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