Impact of three and seven years of no-tillage on the soil water storage, in the plant root zone, under a dry subhumid Tunisian climate

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-33

  Jemai, Imene ^a   Ben Aissa, Nadhira ^b   Ben Guirat, Saida ^a   Ben Hammouda, Moncef ^c   Gallali, Tahar ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^c University of Jendouba   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Available water content; Conventional tillage; No tillage; Organic matter; Soil moisture; Soil porosity; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CULTIVATION; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROSITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AVAILABLE WATER CONTENTS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; NO TILLAGE; SOIL POROSITY; TUNISIA;

SOILS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 84867813063     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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