Drill and crop performances as affected by different drill configurations for no-till seeding

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-155

  Chen, Ying ^a   Tessier, S ^b   Irvine, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST AgriTech   (Canada)

^c BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Chernozems; Crop emergence; Crop yield; Disc opener; Fertilizer banding; Gauge wheel; Hairpining; No tillage; Press wheel; Seeding depth

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS;

SEEDING; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE;

CULTIVATION;

SEEDING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; ZERO TILLAGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2342459102     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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