Tillage and fertilizer effects on yield, profitability, and risk in a corn-wheat-potato-wheat rotation

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1538-1547

  Meyer Aurich, Andreas ^a   Gandorfer, Markus ^b   Gerl, Georg ^b   Kainz, Max ^c  

^a Potsdam Bornim   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Versuchsstation Klostergut Scheyern   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHISEL PLOWS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC RETURNS; ECONOMIC SAVINGS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY PRICES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FERTILIZER LEVELS; FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT; FUEL USE; HIGH IMPACT; MOLDBOARD PLOWS; N FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT; OPTIMAL CHOICE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRODUCTION COST; REDUCED TILLAGE; REDUCED TILLAGE SYSTEMS; RISK AVERSION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SOUTHERN GERMANY; SPECIFIC YIELD; TILLAGE EFFECTS; UREA AMMONIUM NITRATES; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COST REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PROFITABILITY; ROTATION; UREA;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70350595886     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0126x     Document Type: Article

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