Cotton yield and fiber quality from irrigated tillage systems in the Tennessee Valley

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 596-602

  Balkcom, Kipling S ^a   Reeves, D Wayne ^a   Shaw, Joey N ^b   Burmester, Charles H ^c   Curtis, Larry M ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tennessee Valley Regional Research and Extension Center   (United States)

^d Biosystems/Agric Eng Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; IRRIGATION; NATURAL FIBERS;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE (CT); FIBER QUALITY; IRRIGATED TILLAGE SYSTEMS; NO SURFACE TILLAGE (NST);

COTTON;

CONSERVATION; COTTON; IRRIGATION; NATURAL FIBERS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 33646780178     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0219     Document Type: Article

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