Effect of wheel traffic compaction on runoff and soil erosion in no-till

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 427-433

  Reyes, Manuel R ^a   Raczkowski, Charles W ^a   Reddy, Gudigopuram B ^a   Gayle, Godfrey A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Soil conservation; Soil management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EROSION; SOILS;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

GLYCINE MAX; LANES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20844450353     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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