Soil management effects on planting and emergence of no-till corn

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1611-1615

  Perfect, E ^a   McLaughlin, N B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b ASAE ^*

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn; Draft; Emergence; No till; Planter; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; CROPS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRANSDUCERS;

NO TILL CORN EMERGENCE; NO TILL CORN PLANTING; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

SOILS;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS SECALINUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030236838     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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