Soil compaction reduction with a modified one-way disker

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 63-77

  Tessier, S ^a   Lachance, B ^a   Lague C ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Chi, L ^a   Bachand, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Compaction; Cone index; Disk; Plow pan; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CONE INDEX; PLOUGH PAN; SOIL COMPACTION; TILLAGE;

EID: 0030617021     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(96)01090-2     Document Type: Article

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