No-tillage seeding in conservation agriculture
By: C.J. Baker ... [et al.] ; edited by C.J. Baker and K.E. Saxton.
Contributors: Baker, C. J.; Saxton, Keith E., 1937-; Baker, C. J.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: FAO : Cabi Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK; Cambridge, MA, USA
Language: eng
Subjects: No-tillage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rev. ed. of: No-tillage seeding / C.J. Baker . 1996.
Table of contents: title: The 'what' and 'why' of no-tillage farming / C. John Baker and Keith E. Saxton; title: The benefits of no-tillage / Don C. Reicosky and Keith E. Saxton; title: The nature of risk in no-tillage / C. John Baker, W. (Bill) R. Ritchie, and Keith E. Saxton; title: Seeding openers and slot shape / C. John Baker; title: The role of slot cover / C. John Baker; title: Drilling into dry soils / C. John Baker; title: Drilling into wet soils / C. John Baker; title: Seed depth, placement, and metering / C. John Baker and Keith E. Saxton; title: Fertilizer placement / C. John Baker; title: Residue handling / C. John Baker, Fatima Ribeiro, and Keith E. Saxton; title: Comparing surface disturbance and low-disturbance disc openers / C. John Baker; title: No-tillage for forage production / C. John Baker and W. (Bill) R. Ritchie; title: No-tillage drill and planter design : large-scale machines / C. John Baker; title: No-tillage drill and planter design : small-scale machines / Fatima Ribeiro ... [et al.]; title: Managing a no-tillage seeding system / W. (Bill) R. Ritchie and C. John Baker; title: Controlled traffic farming as a complementary practice to no-tillage / W.C. Tim Chamen; title: Reduced environmental emissions and carbon sequestration / Don C. Reicosky and Keith E. Saxton; title: Some economic comparisons / C. John Baker; title: Procedures for development and technology transfer / C. John Baker.