Traffic control and tillage strategies for harvesting and planting of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in Australia

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-102

  Braunack, M V ^a   McGarry, D ^b  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^b Queensland Department of Natural Resources Mines ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cambisol; Controlled traffic; Luvisol; Planting; Seedbed; Soil compaction; Soil fauna; Sugarcane; Tillage; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HARVESTING; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CAMBISOL; CONTROLLED TRAFFIC; LUVISOL; SEEDBED; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL FAUNA; VERTISOL;

SUGAR CANE;

CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; PENETROMETER; PLANTATION; SUGAR CANE; TILLAGE;

HARVESTING; PLANTING; SUGAR CANE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INGHAM; QUEENSLAND; TULLY;

SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

EID: 33646266252     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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