Crop yield and soil condition under ridge and chisel-plow tillage in the northern Corn Belt, USA

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 21-33

  Pikul Jr , Joseph L ^a   Carpenter Boggs, Lynne ^a   Vigil, Merle ^a   Schumacher, Thomas E ^b   Lindstrom, Michael J ^a   Riedell, Walter E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brookings; Corn; Crop rotation; Nitrate nitrogen; Nitrogen use efficiency; Soil organic carbon; Soil quality; South Dakota; Soybean; USA; Water use

Indexed keywords

CORN; CROP YIELD; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE;

UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035013237     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(01)00174-X     Document Type: Article

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