eprintid: 554
rev_number: 12
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datestamp: 2010-11-20 21:53:31
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creators_name: Carter, L.M.
creators_name: Meek, B.D.
creators_name: Rechel, E.A.
title: Zone production system for cotton: soil response
ispublished: pub
subjects: soil
subjects: autoclass
divisions: d_unclass
abstract: In a three-year study, the major advantage of a zone
cotton production system with controlled traffic was
determined to be reduction in tractor operations for field
preparation and crop management without a reduction in
yield. The study indicates that tillage is required under any
surface where wheels are operated to return the soil to a
low impedance for root exploration and to a conductive
state for water infiltration. However, the soil managed with
a zone system, with no traffic or tillage after initialization,
was stable with lower soil impedance and higher water
infiltration than soil in tilled and trafficked plots. Adoption
of these findings will reduce unit production costs.
date: 1991
date_type: published
id_number: 0740
full_text_status: public
publication: Transactions of the ASAE
volume: 34
number: 2
pagerange: 354-360
refereed: unknown
citation:   Carter, L.M. and Meek, B.D. and Rechel, E.A.  (1991) Zone production system for cotton: soil response.   Transactions of the ASAE.      34(2):354-360.               
document_url: https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/554/1/740.pdf