Honisch, O. (1974) Water conservation in three grain crops in the Zambezi valley. Experimental Agriculture, 10 (1). pp. 1-8.
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Abstract
At Lusitu in an area characterized by high temperatures, low and often poorly-distributed rainfall, low infiltration rates and high evapotranspiration rates, maize, sorghum and millet [Pennisetum americanum] were sown in 1968-70 following (a) traditional seedbed preparation to a fine tilth on the flat, (b) as (a) but with soil lumps <15 cm not broken down, (c) as (a) but with progressive ridging and tie-ridging after crop emergence, or (d) ridging, tied every 2 m, before the start of the rains, with the crop sown on the ridge. Yields were higher with (d) than with the other methods; average grain yields of the 3 crops were 168, 159 and 17% higher with (d) than with (a) in 1968, '69 and '70, respectively
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Regional Research Station, Magoye, Zambia |
| Subjects: | Plant Production Social Sciences |
| Divisions: | Maize Millet Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2012 08:55 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2012 08:55 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700006347 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6797 |
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