Long-term tillage, cover crop, and nitrogen rate effects on cotton: Yield and fiber properties

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1436-1442

  Boquet, Donald J ^a   Hutchinson, Robert L ^a   Breitenbeck, Gary A ^b  

^a Louisiana State Univ Agric Cent ^*  (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; FERTILIZERS; FIBERS; NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

COVER CROPS; TILLAGE;

CROPS;

GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 4544347307     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.1436     Document Type: Article

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