Clover and manure management strategies for overcoming the wheat residue antagonism of No-till corn

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-511

  Kravchenko, Anatoliy ^a   Thelen, K D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clover; Manure; Nitrogen management; No till corn

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70449117854     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440040902997686     Document Type: Article

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