Long-term feasibility of reduced tillage in organic farming

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 339-346

  Armengot, Laura ^a,b   Berner, Alfred ^b   Blanco Moreno, José M ^a   Mäder, Paul ^b   Sans, F Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chisel and moldboard plow; Crop yields; Perennial species; Weed species richness and composition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ARABLE LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HERBICIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL;

SWITZERLAND;

HELIANTHUS; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM SUBSP. SPELTA;

EID: 84920798085     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0249-y     Document Type: Article

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