Evaluating crops for a flexible summer fallow cropping system

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1510-1517

  Felter, Douglas G ^a   Lyon, Drew J ^a   Nielsen, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

CROPPING SYSTEMS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUMMER CROPS;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURE; FARM CROPS; PLANTS; SOIL;

PANICUM MILIACEUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA ITALICA; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICOSECALE RIMPAUI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33751118243     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0341     Document Type: Article

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