Economics of spring wheat production systems using conventional tillage management in the Brown soil zone - Revisited

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-40

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

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop rotations; Flax; Income variability; Lentil; Net returns; Production costs; Summerfallow; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BROWN SOIL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERB; LAND USE; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONOCULTURE; PRAIRIE; SEMIARID REGION; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; SWIFT CURRENT;

LENS CULINARIS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34248136918     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P05-219     Document Type: Article

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