An assessment of the vulnerability of soil structure to destabilisation during tillage. Part II. Field trials

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 175-190

  Watts, C W ^a   Dexter, A R ^a   Longstaff, D J ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE;

EID: 0030452191     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-1987(95)01001-7     Document Type: Article

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