A conservation-tillage, cover-cropping strategy and economic analysis for creamer potato production

American Journal of Potato Research

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 471-479

  Carrera, Lidia M ^a   Morse, Ronald D ^b   Hima, Beth L ^a   Abdul Baki, Aref A ^a   Haynes, Kathleen G ^a   Teasdale, John R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrian winter pea; Avena sativa; Brassica napus; Crimson clover; Oat; Pisum sativum; Rape; Rye; Secale cereale; Solanum tuberosum; Sustainable agriculture; Trifolium incarnatum

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA; BRASSICA NAPUS; PISUM SATIVUM; SECALE CEREALE; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM;

EID: 29844456894     PISSN: 1099209X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02872225     Document Type: Article

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