The possibilities of fuel savings and the reduction of CO2 emissions in the soil tillage in Croatia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 290-294

  Filipovic, Dubravko ^a   Kosutic, Silvio ^a   Gospodaric, Zlatko ^a   Zimmer, Robert ^b   Banaj, Djuro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arable crops; CO2 emission; Croatia; Fuel consumption; Soil tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP; EMISSION; FUEL CONSUMPTION;

BARANJA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLAVONIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646054847     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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