No-till vegetable production using organic mulches

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 638, Issue , 2004, Pages 215-223

  Rogers, Gordon S ^a,b   Little, Stuart A ^a   Silcock, Steven J ^a   Williams, Lionel F ^c  

^a Applied Horticultural Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Euri Gold Farms   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centrosema pubescens; Conservation tillage; Cover crops; Permanent bed; Polyethylene mulch; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955410466     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.638.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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