Green manuring: its effect on soil properties and crop growth under rice–wheat cropping system

A field experiment was conducted on rice ( Oryza sativa L.) and wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) during rainy and winter seasons of 1994–95 in a clay loam soil (Typic Ustochrept) at the experimental farm of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. The objectives were to study the influ...

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Published in:	European journal of agronomy Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 225 - 237
Main Authors:	Mandal, Uttam Kumar, Singh, Gurcharan, Victor, U.S, Sharma, K.L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2003 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	agricultural research Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions Biological and medical sciences bulk density clay loam soils demonstration farms fallow field experimentation Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General agronomy. Plant production Green manuring mung beans nitrogen content organic matter Oryza sativa Other nutrients. Amendments. Solid and liquid wastes. Sludges and slurries rice Rice–wheat system Root growth saturated hydraulic conductivity Sesbania Sesbania bispinosa Sesbania rostrata Soil physical properties Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments sowing summer Triticum aestivum Vigna radiata wheat Delhi Asia India Sesbania Green manuring Rice–wheat system Root growth Soil physical properties Subtropical zone Monocotyledones Green manure Cropping system Vigna radiata Rice-wheat system Physical properties Cereal crop Oryza sativa Soils Leguminosae Gramineae Dicotyledones Angiospermae Spermatophyta Triticum aestivum Organic amendment
ISSN:	1161-0301, 1873-7331
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