Crop yield in Swedish experiments with shallow tillage and no-tillage 1983-2012

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 307-315

  Arvidsson, Johan ^a   Etana, Ararso ^a   Rydberg, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Direct drilling; Plant establishment; Ploughless tillage; Seedbed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COMPACTION; CROP YIELD; PLOWING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW SOIL; SOIL TYPE; YIELD RESPONSE;

SWEDEN;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84888336646     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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