Conservation tillage practices for winter wheat-fallow farming in the temperate continental climate of northwestern Iran

Field Crops Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-133

  Hemmat, Abbas ^a   Eskandari, Iraj ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Dryland Agricultural Research Institute Maragheh   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chisel plow; Direct drilling; Minimum till; Moldboard plow; Reduced tillage; Sweep plow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS;

CROP YIELDS; TILLAGE;

CROPS;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; FALLOW; FARMING SYSTEM; SOIL WATER;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3242669923     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2004.01.019     Document Type: Article

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