Comparisons of soil physical characterisfics in long-term tillage winter wheat-fallow tillage experiments

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Mielke, L N ^a   Wilhelm, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Below tillage depth; Cropped vs. fallow; Physical properties; Tillage layer; Tilled vs. sod

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FALLOW; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; RUNOFF; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032542070     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00152-4     Document Type: Article

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