Soil properties and crop yields after 11 years of no tillage farming in wheat-maize cropping system in North China Plain

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-54

  He, Jin ^a   Li, Hongwen ^a   Rasaily, Rabi G ^a,b   Wang, Qingjie ^a   Cai, Guohua ^a   Su, Yanbo ^a   Qiao, Xiaodong ^a   Liu, Lijin ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEPAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Nepal)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Annual double cropping system; No tillage; Soil fertility; Soil porosity; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; DOUBLE CROPPING; NO-TILLAGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL POROSITY; YIELD;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD STORAGE; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; POROSITY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DOUBLE CROPPING; FOOD SECURITY; MAIZE; PHOSPHORUS; POROSITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WHEAT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79953025569     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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