Changes in some soil properties due to tillage practices in rainfed hardsetting Alfisols and irrigated Vertisols of eastern Australia

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Chan, K Y ^a   Hulugalle, N R ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alfisol; Cropping systems; Farming systems; Hardsetting; Soil organic matter; Soil quality; Tillage systems; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; TILLAGE; VERTISOL;

AUSTRALIA;

GOSSYPIUM; TRITICUM;

EID: 0032703055     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00076-8     Document Type: Article

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