Agronomic performance of cropping systems with contrasting crop rotations and external inputs

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 182-192

  Coulter, Jeffrey A ^a   Sheaffer, Craig C ^a   Wyse, Donald L ^a   Haar, Milton J ^b   Porter, Paul M ^a   Quiring, Steven R ^a   Klossner, Lee D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Badlands National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951761455     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0211     Document Type: Article

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