Then and now: 125 Years of dryland wheat farming in the Inland Pacific Northwest

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Schillinger, William F ^a   Papendick, Robert I ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HERBICIDES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); WATER; WIND EFFECTS;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE MANAGEMENT; INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST (PNW); WHEAT-BASED ECONOMY; WIND EROSION;

AGRICULTURE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 44449168471     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0027c     Document Type: Review

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