Tillage and cattle grazing effects on soil properties and grain yields in a dryland wheat-sorghum-fallow rotation

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 914-922

  Baumhardt, R L ^a   Schwartz, R C ^a   MacDonald, J C ^b   Tolk, J A ^a  

^a Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS TAURUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79957599496     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0388     Document Type: Article

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