Reduced tillage effects on soil properties and growth of cereals and associated weeds under organic farming

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-141

  Vakali, Christina ^a   Zaller, Johann G ^a,b   Köpke, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Layer cultivator; Mouldboard plough; Root length density; Shoot mass; Soil parameters; Two layer plough

Indexed keywords

LAYER CULTIVATOR; MOULDBOARD PLOUGHS; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; SHOOT MASS; SOIL PARAMETERS; TWO LAYERS;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BARLEY; CROP ROTATION; LEGUME; ORGANIC FARMING; PLOWING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL RESPIRATION; TILLAGE; WEED;

GERMANY;

HORDEUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 78650195733     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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