Yield and water use efficiencies of maize and cowpea as affected by tillage and cropping systems in semi-arid Eastern Kenya

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-155

  Miriti, J M ^a   Kironchi, G ^b   Esilaba, A O ^a   Heng, L K ^c   Gachene, C K K ^b   Mwangi, D M ^a  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Plant available water; Rainfall distribution; Soil water depletion; Yield and water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; AVAILABLE WATER CONTENTS; BLOCK DESIGNS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP WATER USE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING SEASONS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DRY MATTERS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GRAIN YIELD; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MANURE TREATMENT; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; SEMI ARID; SOIL WATER; SOIL-WATER CONSERVATION; SPLIT-PLOT; TILLAGE PRACTICES; TILLAGE SYSTEM; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CROPS; EFFICIENCY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MANURES; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; LEGUME; MAIZE; MANURE; PLOWING; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

KENYA;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869819811     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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