Irrigated cotton response to tillage systems in the Tennessee Valley

Journal of Cotton Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-11

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

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANT; SEED; WATER;

EID: 34247123583     PISSN: 15243303     EISSN: 15243303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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