Effects of stubble management, tillage and cropping sequence on wheat production in the south-eastern highlands of Ethiopia

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-82

  Taa, Asefa ^a   Tanner, Douglas ^b   Bennie, Alan T P ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crop residue; Crop rotation; Faba bean; Grain yield; Triticum aestivum; Weed

Indexed keywords

CROPS;

CROP MANAGEMENT; STUBBLE MANAGEMENT; TILLAGE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CROP PRODUCTION; STUBBLE; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOVINAE; BROMUS; PECTINATUS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 1242345168     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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