No-tillage seeding in conservation agriculture /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA :
Published jointly by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Cabi Pub.,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | This second edition contains 19 chapters focusing on no-tillage technologies, particularly those related to no-tillage seed drilling, from a variety of accumulated experiences over the past 40 years. It also provides a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of no-tillage in general. Topics added or covered in more detail include: (i) soil carbon and how its retention or sequestration interacts with tillage; (ii) controlled traffic farming as an adjunct to no-tillage; (iii) a comparison of the performance of generic no-tillage opener designs; (iv) the role of banding fertilizer in no-tillage; (v) the economics of no-tillage; (vi) equipment used by small-scale farmers; (vii) forage cropping by no-tillage; (viii) a method for risk assessment of different levels of machine sophistication. This book represents a major resource for practitioners and academics in agronomy, soil science and agricultural engineering. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on opening page (viewed Mar. 23, 2015). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 326 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1845931165 9781845931162 |
| DOI: | 10.1079/9781845931162.0000 |
| Access: | This title is restricted to authorized TAMU and TAMHSC users. |