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Precision tillage for cotton beneficial on coarse-textured soils, but not on clay

authors

John R. Stockton, Department of Irrigation, Univcrsity of California, Davis
Lyle M. Carter, USDA Agricultural Engineering Research Division, Shufter
Gaylen Paxman, Department of Nematology, U.C., Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 18(2):8-10. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v018n02p8. February 1964.

Summary

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Benefits of “precision tillage” or deep tillage directly under the drill row for cotton were generally substantiated in the fourth year of San Joaquin Valley trials. Substantial increases in cotton growth, yield and earliness were obtained on coarse-textured soils at the U. S. Cotton Research Station, Shafter, and in Madera County tests. However, precision tillage trials on fine-textured soils in Tulare County did not show these benefits.

author affiliations

John R. Stockton is Irrigation Specialist, Department of Irrigation, Univcrsity of California, Davis; Lyle M. Carter is Agricultural Engineer, USDA Agricultural Engineering Research Division, Shufter; Gaylen Paxman is Laboratory Technician II, Department of Nematology, U.C., Davis.

author notes

Cooperators in these studies included: Marvin Hoover and B. A. Krantz, Agricultural Extension Specialists; and Farm Advisors Alan George, Tulare County and Clarence Johnson, Madera County.


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