The effects of minimal tillage and contour cultivation on surface runoff, soil loss and crop yield in the long-term Woburn Erosion Reference Experiment on sandy soil at Woburn, England

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-349

  Quinton, J N ^a   Catt, J A ^b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Minimal tillage; Reduced tillage; Runoff; Soil conservation; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE;

BEDFORDSHIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WOBURN [BEDFORDSHIRE]; WORLD;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 7944237454     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2004267     Document Type: Article

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