Evaluation of limited tillage and cover crop systems to reduce N use and disease population in small acreage vegetable farms mirror image projects in Uruguay and North Carolina, USA

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 638, Issue , 2004, Pages 163-169

  Gilsanz, J C ^a   Arboleda, J ^a   Maeso, D ^a   Paullier, J ^a   Behayout, E ^b   Lavandera, C ^b   Sanders, D C ^c   Hoyt, G D ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Laboratory of Soil Microbiology   (Uruguay)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Nitrates; Reduced tillage; Soil biomass; Southern Blight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879970880     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.638.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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