Why do we need to standardize no-tillage research?

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-22

  Derpsch, R ^a   Franzluebbers, A J ^b   Duiker, S W ^c   Reicosky, D C ^d   Koeller, K ^e   Friedrich, T ^f   Sturny, W G ^g   Sa J C M ^h   Weiss, K ⁱ  

^a International Consultant for Conservation Agriculture/No Till   (Paraguay)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Res Lab   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^f Representación de la FAO en Cuba   (Cuba)

^g SWISS NO TILL and oBernese Soil Conservation Service   (Switzerland)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

ⁱ Abt 40 2 Landwirtschaftliche Erzeugung Vermarktung Ernährung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; RESEARCH RESULTS; SYNERGETIC INTERACTIONS; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

CROPS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; FERTILIZERS;

CULTIVATION;

EID: 84890158904     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.10.002     Document Type: Letter

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