Visual assessment of soil structure: Part II. Implications of tillage, rotation and traffic on sites in Canada, China and Germany

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 188-196

  Mueller, Lothar ^a   Kay, Bev D ^b   Deen, Bill ^b   Hu, Chunsheng ^c   Zhang, Yuming ^c   Wolff, Maren ^d   Eulenstein, Frank ^a   Schindler, Uwe ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Forschungsstation Landwirtschaft in Dedelow   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Method; Soil structure; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPACTION; CROPS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; INFILTRATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MACHINERY; ROTATION; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

AIR CAPACITIES; BULK DENSITIES; CONTROLLED TRAFFICS; CROP YIELD; DIFFERENT SLOPES; HUMID REGIONS; IN-BETWEEN; INFILTRATION RATES; LOAMY SANDS; LOESS SOILS; METHOD; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; SANDY LOAMS; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SILT LOAMS; SOIL MANAGEMENTS; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUB-HUMID; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL STRUCTURES; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS; VISUAL STRUCTURES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALFALFA; CROP ROTATION; MAIZE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TILLAGE; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60449118466     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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