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SUBMITTER: Shen Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5852035 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Yan Y McLaughlin Neil N Zhang Xiaoping X Xu Minggang M Liang Aizhen A
Scientific reports 20180314 1
Crop residue return is imperative to maintain soil health and productivity but some farmers resist adopting conservation tillage systems with residue return fearing reduced soil temperature following planting and crop yield. Soil temperatures were measured at 10 cm depth for one month following planting from 2004 to 2007 in a field experiment in Northeast China. Tillage treatments included mouldboard plough (MP), no till (NT), and ridge till (RT) with maize (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max ...[more]