Impact of crop residues on nutrient availability in conservation tillage systems

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 621-626

  Schoenau, Jeff J ^a   Campbell, Constantine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop residue; no till; nutrient availability; nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030460092     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps96-111     Document Type: Article

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