Impact of tillage on maize rooting in a Cambisol and Luvisol in Switzerland

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 50-61

  Qin, Ruijun ^a,c   Stamp, Peter ^a   Richner, Walter ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Maize; No tillage; Root distribution; Root morphology

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE (CT); NO-TILLAGE; ROOT MORPHOLOGY;

SOILS;

CAMBISOL; MAIZE; ROOT SYSTEM; TILLAGE; ZERO TILLAGE;

CORN; ROOTS; SOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 28444490737     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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