Soil bulk density and crop yield under eleven consecutive years of corn with different tillage and residue practices in a sandy loam soil in central Canada

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-53

  Dam, R F ^a   Mehdi, B B ^a   Burgess, M S E ^b   Madramootoo, C A ^a   Mehuys, G R ^a,b   Callum, I R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Conservation tillage; Corn; Grain yield; Maize; No till; Residue; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; RESEARCH;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; GRAIN YIELD; NO-TILL; RESIDUE; TILLAGE;

SOILS;

MAIZE; TILLAGE; YIELD;

BULK DENSITY; CLIMATES; CORN; LOAM; RESEARCH;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 24344444485     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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