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peer-reviewed research article

Conservation tillage and cover cropping influence soil properties in San Joaquin Valley cotton-tomato crop

authors

Jessica J. Veenstra, UC Davis
William R. Horwath, UC Davis
Jeffrey P. Mitchell, UC Davis
Daniel S. Munk, Fresno County

publication information

California Agriculture 60(3):146-153. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v060n03p146. July-September 2006.

NALT Keywords

California, conservation tillage, cotton, crop rotation, Gossypium, Lycopersicon esculentum, soil physical properties, tomatoes

Summary

After 4 years, conservation tillage treatments improved physical properties of soil, but alone it negatively affected some fertility measures.

author affiliations

J.J. Veenstra is Graduate Student, Department of Agronomy, lowa State University, and formerly Graduate Student, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis; W.R. Horwath is Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis; J.P. Mitchell is Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; D.S. Munk is Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County;


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