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 ,
c2007
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- The 'what' and 'why' of no-tillage farming / C. John Baker and Keith E. Saxton
- The benefits of no-tillage / Don C. Reicosky and Keith E. Saxton
- The nature of risk in no-tillage / C. John Baker, W. (Bill) R. Ritchie, and Keith E. Saxton
- Seeding openers and slot shape / C. John Baker
- The role of slot cover / C. John Baker
- Drilling into dry soils / C. John Baker
- Drilling into wet soils / C. John Baker
- Seed depth, placement, and metering / C. John Baker and Keith E. Saxton
- Fertilizer placement / C. John Baker
- Residue handling / C. John Baker, Fatima Ribeiro, and Keith E. Saxton
- Comparing surface disturbance and low-disturbance disc openers / C. John Baker
- No-tillage for forage production / C. John Baker and W. (Bill) R. Ritchie
- No-tillage drill and planter design : large-scale machines / C. John Baker
- No-tillage drill and planter design : small-scale machines / Fatima Ribeiro ... [et al.]
- Managing a no-tillage seeding system / W. (Bill) R. Ritchie and C. John Baker
- Controlled traffic farming as a complementary practice to no-tillage / W.C. Tim Chamen
- Reduced environmental emissions and carbon sequestration / Don C. Reicosky and Keith E. Saxton
- Some economic comparisons / C. John Baker
- Procedures for development and technology transfer / C. John Baker