Soil-water relationships in the upper soil layer in a mediterranean palexerult as affected by no-tillage under excess water conditions - influence on crop yield

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 146, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 303-312

  Gómez Paccard, Clara ^a   Hontoria, Chiquinquirá ^a   Mariscal Sancho, Ignacio ^a   Pérez, Juana ^a   León, Paloma ^a   González, Pedro ^b   Espejo, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Excess water; Saturation; Soil hydraulic properties; Tillage; Water logging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL CONSERVATION;

CROP YIELD; EXCESS WATERS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; TILLAGE; WATER LOGGING;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; CROP YIELD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POROSITY; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; ZERO TILLAGE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84910671128     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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