Soil properties, black root-rot incidence, yield, and greenhouse gas emissions in irrigated cotton cropping systems sown in a Vertosol with subsoil sodicity

Soil Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 278-292

  Hulugalle, N R ^a   Weaver, T B ^a   Finlay, L A ^a   Lonergan, P ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haplustert; mulch; permanent bed; rotation; Vertisol; vetch; wheat

Indexed keywords

HAPLUSTERT; MULCH; PERMANENT BED; VERTISOLS; VETCH; WHEAT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COTTON; CROPS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HERBICIDES; IRRIGATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROTATION; SODIUM; SOILS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CULTIVATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTTON; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULCH; ROOT ROT; SODICITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOWING; SUBSOIL; VERTISOL; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA; NARRABRI; NEW SOUTH WALES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA BENGHALENSIS;

EID: 84863605010     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR12088     Document Type: Article

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