No-Tillage and high-residue practices reduce soil water evaporation

California Agriculture

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Mitchell, Jeffrey P ^a   Singh, Purnendu N ^a   Wallender, Wesley W ^a   Munk, Daniel S ^b   Wroble, Jon F ^b   Horwath, William R ^a   Hogan, Philip ^c   Roy, Robert ^c   Hanson, Blaine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UC Cooperative Extension   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

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EID: 84861416532     PISSN: 00080845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v066n02p55     Document Type: Article

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