Consistent plant residue removal causes decrease in minimum soil water content in a Mediterranean environment

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1128-1131

  Ward, Philip R ^a,b   Roper, Margaret M ^a,b   Jongepier, Ramona ^a   Fernandez, Maria M Alonso ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

conservation farming; soil water holding capacity; stubble

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886913813     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-013-0253-8     Document Type: Article

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