Economics of no-till versus tilled dryland cotton, grain sorghum, and wheat

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1329-1338

  Varner, Brandon T ^a   Epplin, Francis M ^a   Strickland, Gary L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80052562837     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2011.0063     Document Type: Article

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