Effects of grass vegetation strips on soil conservation and crop yield under rainfed conditions in the Indian sub-Himalayas

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 635-646

  Ghosh, B N ^a   Dogra, P ^a   Bhattacharyya, R ^b   Sharma, N K ^a   Dadhwal, K S ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Minimum tillage; Organic amendments; Soil conservation; Vegetation strips; Weed mulch

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; ENTISOL; GRASS; MANURE; MULCH; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; TOPSOIL; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VEGETATION; WEED;

DEHRADUN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

PANICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84870891411     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2012.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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