Evaluating Strategies to Improve Water Availability and Lateral Root Growth of Plants Grown in the Rice-Growing Lowlands of the Lower Mekong Basin

Overcoming constraints that poorly structured lowland rice-growing soils of the Lower Mekong River Basin present for growing non-rice crops during the dry season would have a significant positive impact on the livelihood of smallholder farmers. This study investigated whether the use of soil organic...

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Published in:	Agronomy (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 10; p. 1929
Main Authors:	Ballester, Carlos, Hornbuckle, John, Inthavong, Thavone, Lim, Vanndy, McCormick, Jeffrey, Molesworth, Anika, Oeurng, Chantha, Quayle, Wendy, Seng, Vang, Sengxua, Pheng, Sihathep, Vorachith, Touch, Veasna, Vote, Camilla, Eberbach, Philip
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2021
Subjects:	Agricultural production agronomy basins Beds biochar Cambodia Cattle manure Cereal crops Charcoal Corn cow manure cows Crop production Crop yield Crops Dry season Experiments Fertilizers Food Furrow irrigation Furrow systems furrows Goat manure grain yield Irrigation Irrigation systems Irrigation water Laos lateral roots livelihood Lowlands maize Manures Mekong River Moisture availability Nutrition Organic soils peanut Peanuts Plant growth Productivity R&D Research & development Rice Rice straw River basins Root development root growth root systems Seeds Small farms Soil fertility Soil improvement Soil investigations Soil moisture soil water Sprinkler irrigation Straw Water availability water productivity watersheds Mekong River Cambodia Asia Laos
ISSN:	2073-4395, 2073-4395
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