Effect of the ridge tillage system on some selected soil physical properties in a maize monoculture

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-220

  Laszlo P ^a   Gyuricza, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Conventional tillage; Maize; No tillage; Penetration resistance; Porosity; Ridge tillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646260164     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.52.2004.3.1     Document Type: Article

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