Under no-tillage and stubble retention, soil water content and crop growth are poorly related to soil water repellency

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-150

  Roper, M M ^a   Ward, P R ^a   Keulen, A F ^a   Hill, J R ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Agriculture and Food WA ^*  (Australia)

^c GRDC Regional Cropping Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Non wetting; Preferential flow; Repellence; Soil organic carbon; Soil water distribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CROPS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ORGANIC CARBON; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WETTING;

CONSERVATION AGRICULTURES; NON-WETTING; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; REPELLENCE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL-WATER DISTRIBUTION;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 84867830173     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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