Long term impact of no-till on soil properties and crop productivity on the Canadian prairies

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2011, Pages 110-123

  Lafond, Guy P ^a   Walley, Fran ^b   May, W E ^a   Holzapfel, C B ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica napus L.; Canola; Grain protein; Nitrate nitrogen; Nitrogen balance; Soil organic carbon; Spring wheat; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; CANOLA; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITROGEN BALANCE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SPRING WHEAT; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LAND USE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; SUGARS; UREA;

SOILS;

AMMONIUM; ARABLE LAND; BULK DENSITY; CANOLA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; PRAIRIE; PROTEIN; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

CANADA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 81855183245     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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