Long-term continuous cropping in the Pacific Northwest: Tillage and fertilizer effects on winter wheat, spring wheat, and spring barley production

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 473-481

  Machado, Stephen ^a   Petrie, Steve ^a   Rhinhart, Karl ^a   Qu, Annie ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; Continuous cropping; Conventional tillage; Monoculture; No tillage; Pacific Northwest; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; SOILS;

CONTINUOUS CROPPING; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; MONOCULTURE;

CROPS;

BARLEY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

BARLEY; CLIMATES; FERTILIZERS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SOIL EROSION; WHEAT;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34248153657     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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