Profit and yield of tillage in cotton production systems

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 235-242

  Buman, Robert A ^a   Alesii, Bruno A ^b   Bradley, John F ^c   Hatfield, Jerry L ^d   Karlen, Douglas L ^d  

^a Agren Inc   (United States)

^b Monsanto Cordilera Ranch   (United States)

^c Beltwide Cotton Genetics   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Cotton; No till; Strip till

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33645976779     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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