Assessing the effect of soil tillage on crop growth: A meta-regression analysis on European crop yields under conservation agriculture

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-241

  Van den Putte, An ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a   Diels, Jan ^a   Gillijns, Katleen ^b   Demuzere, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Directie Infrastructuur   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Crop yield; Meta regression; No tillage; Reduced tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FIELDWORK; GROWTH RESPONSE; MAIZE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPE; TILLAGE; ZERO TILLAGE;

EUROPE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956178867     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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