Barley, canola and wheat production under different tillage-fallow-green manure combinations on a clay soil in a cold, semiarid climate

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 263-275

  Arshad, M A ^a   Gill, K S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay soil; Cold semiarid climate; Crop growth; Fallow; Soil moisture; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CANOLE; CROP ROTATION; FALLOW; GREEN MANURE; TILLAGE; WHEAT; YIELD;

BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICACEAE; FABACEAE; HORDEUM VULGARE; PISUM SATIVUM; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031563919     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(97)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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