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NO-TILLAGE SEEDING in CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE 2ndEd
£75, US$142, €109, NZ$213 plus postage
| Contents | ||
| Contributors | vii | |
| Foreword to the Second Edition (Shivaji Pandey and Theodor Friedrich) | viii | |
| Preface | ix | |
| 1 | The 'What' and 'Why' of No-tillage Farming (C John Baker and Keith E Saxton) | 1 |
| 2 | The Benefits of No-tillage (Don R Reicosky and Keith E Saxton) | 11 |
| 3 | The Nature of Risk in No-tillage (C John Baker, W (Bill) R Ritchie and Keith E Saxton) | 21 |
| 4 | Seeding Openers and Slot Shape (C John Baker) | 34 |
| 5 | The Role of Slot Cover (C John Baker) | 60 |
| 6 | Drilling into Dry Soils (C John Baker) | 74 |
| 7 | Drilling into Wet Soils (C John Baker) | 85 |
| 8 | Seed Depth, Placement and Metering (C John Baker and Keith E Saxton) | 99 |
| 9 | Fertilizer Placement (C John Baker) | 118 |
| 10 | Residue Handling (C John Baker, Fatima Ribeiro and Keith E Saxton) | 134 |
| 11 | Comparing Surface Disturbance and Low-disturbance Disc Openers (C John Baker) | 159 |
| 12 | No-tillage for Forage Production (C John Baker and W (Bill) R Ritchie) | 168 |
| 13 | No-tillage Drill and Planter Design - Large-scale Machines (C John Baker) | 185 |
| 14 | No-tillage Drill and Planter Design - Small-scale Machines (Fatima Ribeiro, Scott Justice, Peter Hobbs and C John Baker) | 204 |
| 15 | Managing a No-tillage Seeding System (W (Bill) R Ritchie and C John Baker) | 226 |
| 16 | Controlled Traffic Farming as a Complementary Practice to No-tillage (W C Tim Chamen) | 236 |
| 17 | Reduced Environmental Emissions and Carbon Sequestration (Don C Reicosky and Keith E Saxton) | 257 |
| 18 | Some Economic Comparisons (C John Baker) | 268 |
| 19 | Procedures for Development and Technology Transfer (C John Baker) | 277 |
| References | 301 | |
| Index | 316 | |
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