Effects of seedbed properties on crop emergence: 2. effects of aggregate size, sowing depth and initial water content under dry weather conditions

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 469-479

  Håkansson, Inge ^a   Arvidsson, Johan ^a   Rydberg, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barley (hordeum vulgare l.); Evaporation; Germination; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 79960185385     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2010.506447     Document Type: Article

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