Water use efficiency of spring wheat in the semi-arid Canadian prairies: Effect of legume green manure, type of spring wheat, and cropping frequency

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-235

  Krobel R ^a   Lemke, R ^b   Campbell, C A ^c   Zentner, R ^d   McConkey, B ^d   Steppuhn, H ^d   De Jong, R ^c   Wang, H ^d  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Legume green manure; Precipitation use efficiency; Spring wheat; Summer fallow; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899863618     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS2013-016     Document Type: Article

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