Soil loss, crop growth, and economic margins under different management systems on a sloping field in the black soil area of Northeast China

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-311

  Zhang, Shaoliang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xingyi ^a   Huffman, Ted ^b   Liu, Xiaobing ^a   Yang, Jingyi ^d  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dry matter; Economic return; Runoff; Sediment loss; Tillage systems; Yield

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952928943     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2011.554307     Document Type: Article

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