Cover crops lower soil surface strength, may improve soil permeability
Poor water penetration constitutes a major production constraint for more than 400, 000 acres of agricultural land in California. The associated economic losses are particularly appreciable in the production of fruit and nut crops. In response to a hypothesis that cover cr...
Main Authors: | Olatunji A. Folorunso, Dennis Rolston, P Terry Prichard, Dianne T. Louie |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1992-11-01
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Series: | California Agriculture |
Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v046n06p26 |
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