Effects of straw mulch on mungbean yield in rice fields with strongly compacted soils

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-301

  Bunna, Som ^a   Sinath, Pao ^a   Makara, Ouk ^a   Mitchell, Jaquie ^b   Fukai, Shu ^b  

^a Cambodia Development Resource Institute   (Cambodia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop establishment; Lowland rice field; Mungbean; Straw mulch; Weed biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; DOUBLE CROPPING; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; LEGUME; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; MULCH; PADDY FIELD; SOIL MOISTURE; STRAW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WEED CONTROL; ZERO TILLAGE;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 80052786941     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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