Effect of seedbed cultivation and soil macrostructure on the establishment of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-301

  Atkinson, Brian S ^a   Sparkes, Debbie L ^a   Mooney, Sacha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Establishment; Seedbed; Soil quality; Soil structure; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDBED; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CROPS; FORESTRY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOILS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

PORE SPACE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 63749083445     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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