Effect of synthetic and natural water absorbing soil amendment soil physical properties under potato production in a semi-arid region

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-39

  Xu, Shengtao ^a,b   Zhang, Lei ^c   McLaughlin, Neil B ^b   Mi, Junzhen ^a   Chen, Qin ^d   Liu, Jinghui ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Soil aggregate size fractions; Soil amendments; Soil cone penetration resistance; Tuber yield; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ARID REGIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYACRYLATES; SOIL MOISTURE;

CONE PENETRATION RESISTANCE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TUBER YIELD; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; POTATO; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; TUBER;

CHINA;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84949130459     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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