Effect of conservation and conventional tillage on soil water storage, water use efficiency and productivity of corn and soybean in Northeast China

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 383-394

  Liu, Shuang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xing Yi ^a   Yang, Jingyi ^b   Drury, Craig F ^b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

conservational tillage; evapotranspiration; soil physical properties; soil water; water use efficiency; yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879527765     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2012.762803     Document Type: Article

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