The adoption of conservation tillage in China

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1195, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  He, Jin ^a   Li, Hong Wen ^a   Wang, Qing Jie ^a   Gao, Huang Wen ^a   Li, Wen Ying ^a   Zhang, Xue Min ^a   McGiffen, Milt ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation tillage; economic benefit; no tillage; residue; seeder; water erosion; wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCOME; REVIEW; SOIL EROSION; SOIL INFILTRATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; WHEAT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SOIL; WIND;

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; SOIL; WATER; WIND;

EID: 77955077611     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05402.x     Document Type: Review

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