Effects of six tillage methods on residue incorporation and crop performance in a heavy clay soil

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1003-1010

  Chen, Y ^a   Monero, F V ^a   Lobb, D ^a   Tessier, S ^b   Cavers, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Headquarters Operations   (Canada)

^c GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Draft; Emergence; Incorporation; No till; Residue; Seeding; Tillage; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CLAY; CULTIVATION; EROSION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEED; SHOVELS; SOILS;

CHISEL PLOWS; CLAY SOILS; TANDEM DISKS; TILLAGE;

CROPS;

CLAY SOIL; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; SEEDING; TILLAGE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 6344253484     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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