Reduced tillage in temperate organic farming: Implications for crop management and forage production

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Krauss, M ^a,b   Berner, A ^a   Burger, D ^b   Wiemken, A ^c   Niggli, U ^a   Mader P ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Grass clover; Ley removal; Organic farming; Reduced tillage; Silage maize

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; MAIZE; ORGANIC FARMING; PLOWING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SILAGE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOPSOIL; WATER RETENTION; WEED CONTROL;

SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; ARBUSCULAR; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950141133     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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