Tillage, cover crops, and nitrogen fertilization effects on soil nitrogen and cotton and sorghum yields

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-382

  Sainju, Upendra M ^a   Whitehead, Wayne F ^b   Singh, Bharat P ^b   Wang, Shirley ^b  

^a USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton yield; Cover crop; Inorganic nitrogen; Nitrogen fertilization; Sorghum yield; Tillage

Indexed keywords

COTTON; COVER CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; SOIL EROSION; SORGHUM; TILLAGE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SECALE CEREALE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 33749593072     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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