Long-term rotation and tillage effects on soil structure and crop yield

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-91

  Munkholm, Lars J ^a,b   Heck, Richard J ^b   Deen, Bill ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Rotation; Soil quality; Tillage; Visual soil structure evaluation; X ray CT; Yield

Indexed keywords

SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE; X-RAY CT; YIELD;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AMINO ACIDS; DROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN FIXATION; OILSEEDS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROTATION; SILT;

AGRICULTURE;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CEREAL; COVER CROP; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; LEGUME; MAIZE; SILTY LOAM; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPSOIL; VISUAL ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

CANADA;

AVENA; AVENA FATUA; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872273542     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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