Soil structural disturbance effects on crop yields and soil properties in a no-till production system

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1651-1659

  Diaz Zorita M ^a,b   Grove, J H ^c   Murdock, L ^c   Herbeck, J ^c   Perfect, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Nitragin Argentina SA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; RESEARCH;

MESOPORES; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL STRUCTURE;

SOILS;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9944260396     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.1651     Document Type: Article

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