Effect of tillage system and crop sequence on irrigated sugarbeet production

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 739-747

  Moyer, J R ^a   Nitschelm, J ^b   Regitnig, P ^b   Blackshaw, R E ^a   Huang, H C ^a   Chang, C ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Rogers Sugar Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bean; Crop rotation; No tillage; Sugarbeet; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP ROTATION; IRRIGATION; SUGAR BEET; TILLAGE;

ALBERTA; BURDETT; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 7044220779     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P03-170     Document Type: Article

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