Tillage Effects on Crop Yield and Physicochemical Properties of Sodic Soils

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 223-230

  Singh, Kripal ^a,b,c   Mishra, Ashish Kumar ^a   Singh, Bajrang ^a   Singh, Rana P ^b   Patra, Dharani Dhar ^c  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Compact sodic soils; Crop yield; Hydraulic conductivity; Restoration; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CROPS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PALLADIUM; POROSITY; RESTORATION;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REPLICATED SAMPLES; SODIC SOIL; TILLAGE; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

SOILS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84957690485     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2266     Document Type: Article

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