Soil management and landscape variability affects field-scale cotton productivity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-107

  Terra, J A ^a   Shaw, Joey N ^a   Reeves, D W ^b   Raper, R L ^b   Van Santen, E ^a   Schwab, E B ^b   Mask, P L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MANURES; PRODUCTIVITY; SEED; SOILS; TEXTURES;

FIELD-SCALE WATER DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE VARIABILITY; REPLICATED STRIPS TRAVERSING; TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY;

COTTON;

CARBON; COTTON; CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MANURES; PRODUCTIVITY; SEED; SOILS; TEXTURES;

COTTON; CROP YIELD; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 32044437586     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0179     Document Type: Article

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