Effect of fallow frequency, flexible rotations, legume green manure, and wheat class on the economics of wheat production in the Brown soil zone

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 413-423

  Zentner, R P ^a   Campbell, C A ^b   Selles, F ^a   Jefferson, P G ^a   Lemke, R ^a   McConkey, B G ^a   Fernandez, M R ^a   Hamel, C ^a   Gan, Y ^a   Thomas, A G ^c  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop rotations; Flex cropping; Income variability; Legume green manure; Net returns; Production costs; Summer fallow; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BROWN SOIL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; FALLOW; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEGUME; MANURE; PROFITABILITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33845933758     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P05-081     Document Type: Article

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