Dryland agriculture in Mexico and the U.S. southern great plains

Dryland Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue , 2015, Pages 341-364

  Baumhardt, R Louis ^a   Salinas Garcia, Jaime ^b  

^a Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dryland agriculture; Evaporation; Mexico; No tillage residue management; U. S northern great plains

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102849905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr23.2ed.c10     Document Type: Chapter

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