Soil tillage management

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Jackson, L.E., Ramirez, J., Yokota, R., Fennimore, S.A., Koike, S.T., Henderson, D.M., Chaney, W.E., Calderon, F.J. and Klonsky, K. 2003. On-farm assessment of organic matter and tillage management on vegetable yield, soil, weeds, pests, and economics in California. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 103 443-463. 

Lai, R. (1997). Residue management, conservation tillage and soil restoration for mitigating greenhouse effect by C02-enrichment. Soil Tillage Res. 43, 81-107. 

Sleutel, S., Abdul Kader, M., Leinweber, P, D Haene, K., and De Neve, S. (2007). Effect of tillage management on the composition of soil organic matter in different soil fractions as examined by Py-FIMS. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71,1620-1628. 

Furthermore, the triazine herbicides have freed operators from much of the laborious burden of weed control, enabling them to manage other resources to maximize returns of both agricultural and milling operations. Since atrazine and ametryn were introduced, the genetic potentials of sugarcane cultivars have been more fully realized because the soil tillage and water losses have been reduced. 

Peters, R.D., Sturz, A.V., Carter, M.R., Sanderson, J.B. Developing disease-suppressive soils through crop rotation and tillage management practices. Soil Till Res 2003 72 139-152. 

Bailey, K.L. and Lazarovits, G. (2003). Suppressing soil-borne diseases with residue management and organic amendments , Soil and Tillage Research, 72, 169-180. 

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