Minimum tillage and residue management increase soil water content, soil organic matter and canola seed yield and seed oil content in the semiarid areas of Northern Iraq

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-155

  Abdullah, Araz Sedqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Brassica napus L; Conservation tillage; Soil health; Soil organic matter; Sustainable farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; OILS AND FATS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

BRASSICA NAPUS L; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; SOIL HEALTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SUSTAINABLE FARMING;

OILSEEDS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CANOLA; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; GERMINATION; PLANT RESIDUE; SEED PRODUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL WATER; VEGETABLE OIL; YIELD RESPONSE;

IRAQ; MOSUL; NINAWA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84937107608     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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