Assessment of tillage translocation and erosion by the disk plow on steepland Andisols in Costa Rica

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 316-328

  Tiessen, K H D ^a   Sancho, F M ^b   Lobb, D A ^a   Mehuys, G R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arado de disco (disk plow); Latin America; Potato production; Soil erosion; Steepland agriculture; Tillage erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANDISOL; ERODIBILITY; POTATO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; TRANSLOCATION;

COSTA RICA; EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77957771995     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.5.316     Document Type: Article

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