Subsoiling and surface tillage effects on soil physical properties and forage oat stand and yield

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 125-144

  Sojka, R E ^a   Horne, D J ^b   Ross, C W ^c   Baker, C J ^b  

^a Northwest Irrigat Soils Res Lab   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Cone index; Conservation tillage; No till; ODR; Paraplow; Soil aeration

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CONE INDEX; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; FORAGE YIELD; SOIL AERATION; SUBSOILING; TILLAGE; ZERO TILLAGE;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0030620220     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(96)01075-6     Document Type: Article

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