Axle-load impacts on hydraulic properties and corn yield in no-till clay and silt loam

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1673-1680

  Blanco Canqui, Humberto ^a   Lal, R ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXLES; CROPS; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; LOADS (FORCES); MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PORE SIZE; SEEPAGE; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WHEELS; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

AXLE LOADS; BULK DENSITIES; CLAY LOAMS; CORN YIELDS; CROP YIELDS; GRAIN YIELDS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; NO TILLS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; SILT LOAMS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL WATERS; SORPTIVITY; SPECIFIC INFORMATIONS; STEADY STATES; THREE LEVELS; WATER INFILTRATIONS; ZEA MAYS L.;

CLAY MINERALS;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56849128242     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0127     Document Type: Article

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