Extensive use of no-tillage in grain growing regions of Australia

Field Crops Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2012, Pages 204-212

  Llewellyn, Rick S ^a   D'Emden, Frank H ^b   Kuehne, Geoff ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Precision Agronomics Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Conservation agriculture; Farming systems; Innovation; No tillage; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISTURBANCE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FARMING SYSTEM; HERBICIDE; INNOVATION; SEASONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL; ZERO TILLAGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84860458353     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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