An evaluation of controlled traffic with reduced tillage for irrigated cotton on a vertisol

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 217-237

  Hulme, P J ^a,d   McKenzie, D C ^b   MacLeod, D A ^a   Anthony, D T W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Biological and Chemical Research Institute   (Australia)

^c Auscott Ltd   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Controlled traffic; Economics; Irrigated cotton; Tillage; Vertisols; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

COTTON; FARM TRAFFIC; IRRIGATION; TILLAGE; VERTISOL; WATERLOGGING;

EID: 0030272988     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(96)01036-7     Document Type: Article

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