Soil and maize response to plow and no-tillage after alfalfa-to-maize conversion on a clay loam soil in New York

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Karunatilake, U ^a   Van Es, H M ^a   Schindelbeck, R R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay loam; Maize; No tillage; Ridge tillage; Roots; Soil compaction; Soil quality; Zone tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLAY LOAM; MAIZE; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; TILLAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034127872     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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