Russian thistle skeletons provide residue in wheatfallow cropping systems

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 506-509

  Schillinger, William F ^a   Papendick, Robert I ^b   Veseth, Roger J ^a   Young, Frank L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Drought; Erosion; Fallow; Pacific Northwest; Residue; Russian thistle; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FALLOW; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TILLAGE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033452742     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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