When does no-till yield more? A global meta-analysis

Field Crops Research

Volumn 183, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-168

  Pittelkow, Cameron M ^a   Linquist, Bruce A ^a   Lundy, Mark E ^a   Liang, Xinqiang ^b   van Groenigen, Kees Jan ^c   Lee, Juhwan ^d   van Gestel, Natasja ^c   Six, Johan ^d   Venterea, Rodney T ^e,f   van Kessel, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridity; Crop rotation; Irrigation; Nitrogen; No till duration; Residue; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COTTON; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LIMITING FACTOR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; SOIL EROSION; TRADE-OFF; ZERO TILLAGE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84939441364     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.020     Document Type: Article

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