Subsoil loosening does little to enhance the transition to no-tillage on a structurally degraded soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-119

  Hamilton Manns, M ^a   Ross, C W ^b   Horne, D J ^c   Baker, C J ^d  

^a Health New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d Ctr for Intl No Tillage Res/Eng   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross Slot drill opener; Manawatu; Mole plough (M); New Zealand; No tillage; Paraplow (PP); Straight legged subsoiler (SL); Subsoil loosening

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; LOAM; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

NEW ZEALAND;

BRASSICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036955531     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(02)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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