Crop yield and weed management in rainfed conservation agriculture

M Farooq, KC Flower, K Jabran, A Wahid… - Soil and tillage …, 2011 - Elsevier
Crop yield potential with conservation agriculture (CA) in rainfed systems is often greater
than with conventional tillage (CVT) systems, particularly where sub-optimal rainfall limits …

Livestock in no-till cropping systems–a story of trade-offs

J Fisher, P Tozer, D Abrecht - Animal Production Science, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
The trade-offs of incorporating livestock into no-till cropping systems were examined with
respect to ground cover, water balance, nutrient cycling, pest management, whole-farm …

[图书][B] Weed management in conservation agriculture systems

VP Singh, KK Barman, R Singh, AR Sharma - 2015 - Springer
Conservation agriculture (CA) does have several advantages over conventional tillage (CT)-
based agriculture in terms of soil health parameters. However, weeds are the major biotic …

Soil pH change after surface application of lime related to the levels of soil disturbance caused by no-tillage seeding machinery

KC Flower, WL Crabtree - Field Crops Research, 2011 - Elsevier
On acid soils, no-tillage farmers are often advised to apply lime to the soil surface without
incorporation by tillage. As such, it can take a number of years before the subsoil acidity is …

[PDF][PDF] Land use in Australia for biofuels and bio-energy: opportunities and challenges for livestock industries

AL Braid - Biofuel co-products as livestock feed, 2012 - Citeseer
Current biofuel production in Australia and the opportunities that the co-products offer for
Australia's intensive and grazing livestock production systems are described. Based on the …

[PDF][PDF] Managing crop residues to improve wheat growth and yield

GB Swella - 2014 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
Residue ground cover and architecture alter the surface microclimate, and thereby impact
soil water conservation. In Mediterranean-type climate, it is not clear how much residue is …