Organic and conventional field crop soil and land management practices in Canada

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-343

  Nelson, A G ^a   Froese, J C ^b   Entz, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Soil erosion risk; Summerfallow; Tillage

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; GREEN MANURING; LAND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC MATTER; PADDY FIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE;

CANADA;

EID: 77950806022     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS09136     Document Type: Article

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