Bitumen mulch was sprayed over maize drills in 15--20-cm bands at a thickness of 1--2 ram. The maximum soil temperature recorded at a depth of 10 cm was up to 4.3ยฐC higher in the mulched plots compared to the control plots. During the growing season the maize in the mulched plots had consistently h
Effect of bitumen mulching on soil conditions
โ Scribed by D. Jordan; A. J. Sampson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 494 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5142
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