Short-term responses of soil physical properties to corn tillage-planting systems in a humid maritime climate

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 171-178

  Krzic, Maja ^a   Fortin, Marie Claude ^a,b   Bomke, Arthur A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Conservation tillage; Cover crop; Soil compaction; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY; TILLAGE;

CANADA;

HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034018079     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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