Crop production and nutrient use efficiency of conservation agriculture for soybean-wheat rotation in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Northwestern India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-60

  Aulakh, Milkha S ^a   Manchanda, Joginder S ^a   Garg, Ashok K ^a   Kumar, Shrvan ^a   Dercon, Gerd ^b   Nguyen, Minh Long ^b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asia; Conservation agriculture; India; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Reduced tillage; Soil profile moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE; INDIA; REDUCED TILLAGE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; MANURES; NITROGEN; OILSEEDS; PHOSPHORUS; ROTATION; SOILS;

CULTIVATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GERMINATION; HARVESTING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION; LOAMY SAND; MANURE; MULCHING; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS; SEEDING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOYBEAN; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84862820173     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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