Overcoming compaction limitations on cabbage growth and yield in the transition to reduced tillage

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1690-1694

  Mochizuki, Maren J ^a   Rangarajan, Anusuya ^a   Bellinder, Robin R ^a   Björkman, Thomas ^b   Van Es, Harold M ^a  

^a 22 Plant Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var. capitata; Conservation tillage; Minimum tillage; Soil quality; Soil temperature; Strip tillage; Vegetable production; Zone tillage

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOILS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; MINIMUM TILLAGE; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STRIP TILLAGE; VEGETABLE PRODUCTION; ZONE TILLAGE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPITATA;

EID: 36549025425     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.7.1690     Document Type: Article

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