Soil tillage effects on the efficacy of cultivars and their mixtures in winter barley

Field Crops Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-100

  Newton, A C ^a   Guy, D C ^a   Bengough, A G ^a,b   Gordon, D C ^a   McKenzie, B M ^a   Sun, B ^a   Valentine, T A ^a   Hallett, P D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blends; Cultivation; Disease; Mildew; Rhynchosporium; Yield

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FERTILIZER; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON; YIELD RESPONSE; ZERO TILLAGE;

HORDEUM; RHYNCHOSPORIUM;

EID: 84855908903     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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