Conservation Tillage Systems and Management
Author | : R. REEDER (ed) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2000 |
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ISBN | : |
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Growing with conservation tillage; Tillage systems definitions; Wind erosion; Water erosion; Crop residue and irrigation water management; Residue management at harvest; Estimating residue cover; Crop response to tillage systems; Costs and returns; Soil compaction; Controlled traffic; Water quality; Converting CRP to crop production; Intregrated crop management; Cover crop management in cotton; Nutrient management; Weed management; Insect management; Disease management; Rodent damage control; Site-specific crop management (Precision farming); Tillage system selection and equipment descriptions; Fall strip-tillage systems; No-till planting equipment; Ridge-till planting equipment; No-till drills; Dryland small grain seeding equipment; Crop cultivators; Pesticide applications equipment; Descriptions of representative tillage implements; Rainfall and temperature data maps.