Improving water and land use efficiency of fallow-wheat system in shallow Lithic Calciorthid soils of arid region: Introduction of bed planting and rainy season sorghum-legume intercropping

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-55

  Tanwar, S P S ^a   Rao, S S ^a   Regar, P L ^a   Datt, Shiv ^a   Praveen Kumar, ^a   Jodha, B S ^a   Santra, P ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Ram, Rameshwar ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Arid region; Bed planting; Green manuring; Sorghum; Water productivity; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BED PLANTING; GREEN MANURING; SORGHUM; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WHEAT;

ARID REGIONS; CULTIVATION; EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION; MANURES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGRONOMY; ARID REGION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FALLOW; FLOODING; INTERCROPPING; LAND USE PLANNING; LEGUME; MANURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SORGHUM; WATER QUALITY; WHEAT;

INDIA;

EID: 84893391712     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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