Wheat residue management options for no-till corn

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-213

  Opoku, G ^a   Vyn, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn; No till; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Straw management; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

CORN; CROP RESIDUE; STRAW; WHEAT; YIELD;

POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030756797     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P96-128     Document Type: Article

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