Effect of tillage systems on soil moisture, soil temperature, soil respiration and production of wheat, maize and soybean crops

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 445-448

  Moraru, Paula Ioana ^a   Rusu, Teodor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Minimum tillage; No tillage; Soil respiration; Yield

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE SYSTEM; CROP PRODUCTION; HARVEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAIZE; MINERALIZATION; MINIMUM TILLAGE; NO TILLAGE; NONHUMAN; PLOWING; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; TIME; VEGETATION; WATER ABSORPTION; WHEAT;

EID: 84862165214     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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