Conservation tillage and cover crop influences on cotton production on a Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain Soil

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1247-1256

  Schomberg, Harry H ^a   McDaniel, Richard G ^b   Mallard, Eddie ^c   Endale, Dinku M ^a   Fisher, Dwight S ^a   Cabrera, Miguel L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CONSERVATION SYSTEMS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; FINE SAND; STRIP TILLAGE;

CROPS;

COTTON; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARM CROPS;

AVENA STRIGOSA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PISUM SATIVUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRIFOLIUM MICHELIANUM; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 33749161869     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0335     Document Type: Article

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