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Title: Search for sustainability with No-Till Bill in dryland agriculture / Bill Crabtree.
Author: Crabtree, W. L.
Publisher: [Beckenham, W.A.] : Crabtree Agricultural Consulting,
Year: c2010.
Description: 204 p. : col. ill., col. maps, col. ports. ; 24 cm.
Subject: Nutrient requirements. ; Rotations. ; No-tillage. ; Western Australia. ; Sowing date. ; Soil biology. ; Cover crops. ; Plant water relations. ; Sustainability. ; Sheep. ; Salinity. ; Weed control. ; Stubble. ; Herbicide resistance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204)
ISBN/ISSN: 9780646533254 (pbk.) 0646533258 (Trade Paper);
Type: Book
Abstract: Ch. 1. The search for sustainable agriculture -- Ch. 2. Background to Australian agriculture -- Ch. 3. Definitions - what is no-till? -- Ch. 4. Adoption of no-till in WA and Australia -- Ch. 5. Overview of benefits of no-till -- Ch. 6. Weed control is superior with no-till -- Ch. 7. Time of sowing -- Ch. 8. Better plant-water relations -- Ch. 9. Greater biological activity -- Ch. 10. Increased macro soil biology -- Ch. 11. Type of openers -- Ch. 12. Seeder set-up for stubble management -- Ch. 13. Press wh
ern Australia -- Ch. 20. Stock and their fit with no-tillage -- Ch. 21. Economics of no-tillage -- Ch. 22. Where to next? -- Ch. 23. No-till on the prairies with Scott Day -- Chapter 24: No-till in Southern Brasil with Ademir Calegari -- Ch. 25. No-till
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