%0 Conference Paper
%A Rao, K P C
%A Cogle, A L
%A Srinivasan, S T
%A Yule, D F
%A Smith, G D
%B 8th ISCO Conference
%C New Delhi, India
%D 1994
%F icrisat:4728
%P 1287-1294
%T Effect of Soil Management Practices on Runoff and Infiltration Processes of Hardsetting Alfisol in Semi-Arid Tropics
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/4728/
%X Alfisols oi Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) are often chiiractcriscd as structurally  unstable (EL-Swaify et 31.. 1905). Under the impact of raindrops the  structural instability leads to formation of a seal on the surface. The surface  seals rcducc infiltration and increase runoff (Moore, 1981 1. As a result,  plant-available water in the profile gets reduced. In most of the SAT Alfisols  crop yields arc constrained by the plant-available water.