Transition from intensive tillage to no-tillage and organic diversified annual cropping systems

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 591-599

  Miller, Perry R ^a   Buschena, David E ^a   Jones, Clain A ^a   Holmes, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; MANURES; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CEREAL CROPS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; NO-TILL (NT); WINTER WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LENS CULINARIS; PANICUM MILIACEUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44449153422     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0190     Document Type: Article

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