Tillage effects on soil properties and crop production in the subhumid and semiarid Argentinean Pampas

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 105-116

  Buschiazzo, Daniel E ^a   Panigatti, José L ^b   Unger, Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Conventional tillage; Soil aggregation; Soil bulk density; Soil nitrate; Soil organic matter; Soil pH; Soil phosphorus; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000583087     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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