Effect of tillage, cropping, and residue management on soil properties in the Texas Rolling Plains

Soil Science

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 331-340

  Bordovsky, D G ^a   Choudhary, M ^b   Gerard, C J ^a  

^a Texas A M Univ Agric Res E   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropping; Residue; Soil properties; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CROP RESIDUE; CROPPING PRACTICE; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

ROLLING PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033035491     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199905000-00005     Document Type: Article

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