Dissertations / Theses: 'Tillage'

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Lobb, David Allen. "Tillage translocation and tillage erosion in the complex upland landscapes of southwestern Ontario." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ31887.pdf.

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Zhang, Ji. "Vibratory analysis of tillage operation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq23896.pdf.

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Sharifat, Karim. "Soil translocation with tillage tools." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0023/NQ37912.pdf.

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Syed, Nasser. "The Influence of Conservation Tillage and Conventional Tillage on Soil Bacterial Diversity in Southern Illinois." Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10750260.

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Agriculture in the Midwest United States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) is a critically important component of the United States economy and also for world exports of food grain. This is well reflected in the 2012 Census of Agriculture which showed that these states had a market value of crop and livestock products sold in excess of $80,000,000,000 (USDA, 2012). Within the U.S. the three Midwest states, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota are ranked 2nd, 3rd, and 4th for the economic value of crops sold. This economic value of agriculture in the Midwest encompasses not only corn, soybeans, livestock, vegetables, fruits, tree nuts, and berries but also nursery and many greenhouse plants. Soil is the one common underlying platform for agriculture and if agriculture has to remain profitable and sustainable, a scientific understanding of soils and their relationship to plant productivity is critical.

Soils harbor probably the most diverse microbial ecosystems on Earth (Delmont et al., 2011) and we are just beginning to understand the full extent of this diversity and how it influences agricultural productivity and how in turn agricultural practices influence the microbial diversity. Estimations indicate that approximately 1,000 Giga base pairs (Gbp) of microbial genomic sequences exist per gram of soil (Vogel et al., 2009). Microorganisms occupy almost every available niche on Earth and directly affect the environment and agricultural systems by a range of mechanisms that include biological nitrogen fixation (Hungria, Franchini, Campo, & Graham, 2005), suppression of diseases (Mendes et al., 2011), decomposition of organic components (Schmidt et al., 2011), plant growth promotion (Bhattacharya & Jha, 2012), soil nutrient cycling (Brussard, 2012) and bioremediation (Ali et al., 2012). Soil microbial community structure and its associated and interdependent biological processes can be affected by the way land is used and managed. Since a vast majority of soil microorganisms do not respond to "traditional" culturing techniques (Delmont et al., 2011), it has been difficult to study and characterize the functional and phylogenetic diversity of these important ecosystems until recent advances in next-generation DNA sequencing which have begun to unravel what is beneath our feet (Caporaso et al., 2010). According to Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the amount of land used for agriculture is about 11% (http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4252e/y4252e06.htm) and the emissions which can have serious environmental and health effects from agricultural food production far outweigh the total emissions from all the other industries combined (Bauer, Tsigardis, & Miller, 2016). Thus, any steps to fine-tune the management practices and the way the agricultural land is utilized can go a long way in sustaining our way of life while maintaining a healthy environment.

The purpose of this study is to examine the shifts in the taxonomic diversity of bacteria in soils at phylum, class and order level between two distinct agricultural practices–Conventional Tillage (CT) and Conservation Tillage (NT) in Southern Illinois along with changes in soil compaction and soil phosphatase activity. The larger idea, based on results reported here and elsewhere, is to encourage conservative tillage practices using a combination of diverse cover crop systems and continuous soil cover which seem to enhance functional microbial diversity in the soil (Ajay & Ngouajio, 2012; Verzeaux et al., 2016). Research also indicates the presence of higher numbers of bacteria of varied trophic groups, as well as increased species richness in bacteria in well-managed soils with minimal tilling and this, may correspond to more resilience to drying and rewetting disturbances in the soil (Anne et al., 2006).

This research may be the first to reconstruct the entire soil bacterial community in agricultural fields of Southern Illinois and will also hopefully be a precursor for more studies aimed at not only understanding soil from a biological bacterial perspective but also in deciphering interesting patterns that can help correlate changes in land management practices and how they impact bacterial communities. It may help us in developing a methodology to use bacterial taxa as indicators of soil management practices. The study will also detect previously unreported rare bacterial taxa-specific for this region and regional geochemistry.

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Kopan, Suzanne. "Mechanical weed control in conservation tillage." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2007/s_kopan_010207.pdf.

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Stenberg, Maria. "Soil tillage influences on nitrogen conservation /." Uppsala : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 1998. http://epsilon.slu.se/avh/1998/91-576-5468-9.gif.

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Patrick, Cecil. "Reservoir tillage for semi-arid environments." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2005. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.426071.

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Jerrell, Scottie Lee. "Strip-Tillage Production Systems for Tobacco." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33132.

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Conservation tillage production systems for flue-cured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) have been studied for many years. Inadequate chemical weed control and lack of acceptable pesticide and fertilizer application resulted in consistently lower yields and inferior cured leaf quality. The development of new conservation tillage equipment, improved methods of fertilizer application, and new herbicides, have resulted in a renewed interest in conservation tillage labeled for tobacco. This research investigated management practices to address slow early season growth characteristic of strip-tillage tobacco production. Objectives of the first study were to evaluate the methods of starter fertilizer application and determine the optimal rate. A transplant water treatment (11 kg ha-1) and 3 rates (11, 22, and 45 kg ha-1) of injected 9-45-15 (N:P2O5:K2O) water soluble starter fertilizer were evaluated for early season plant growth and time of topping. Starter fertilizer treatments increased tobacco root weight by 22% and leaf area up to 41%. Earlier topping was observed as a result of starter fertilizer with 23 and 6% more plants topped during the initial topping date in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Starter fertilizer did not consistently increase the yield of either strip-tillage or conventional tillage tobacco. The objectives of the second study were to compare the use of raised beds with flat-planting and investigate cover crop residue management techniques. Residue management treatments minimized residue within the strip-tilled area with an early hooded spray application (strip-killed) of a burndown herbicide as opposed to the traditional broadcast burndown application. The use of raised beds for strip-tillage production of tobacco showed no clear benefit when compared to flat-planting. Strip-tillage plots were similar to conventional tillage for cured leaf quality and yield. Early season strip-kill burndown herbicide applications proved beneficial in reducing difficulties incorporating residue into the strip-tilled area thus improving the quality of the prepared seed bed. This research has added to the present knowledge regarding strip-tillage tobacco production, and refined necessary cultural practices. Transplant starter fertilizer is recommended to overcome the typical slow early season growth characteristic of strip-tilled tobacco. However, increased rates (greater than 11 kg ha-1) or under-row injection of the material had no added benefit. The research also demonstrated that the use of raised beds should not be considered a necessary practice with the use of a strip-till implement that incorporates under-row subsoil tillage. This research has demonstrated that tobacco yields and quality comparable to conventional tillage can be realized using strip-tillage production techniques.
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Love, Velva Ann. "Conservation tillage methods for cabbage production." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101121.

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Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) production in Virginia is concentrated in the mountainous southwest region of the state where soil erosion and soil-moisture deficits are major problems associated with row-crop agriculture. The objectives of this study were to assess the applicability of conservation tillage systems for cabbage production. Four tillage systems (conventional tillage, CT; no-tillage, NT; and two types of strip tillage—Ro-till, RT, and chisel plow, CP) and three planting dates (early, mid and late) were compared in 1985 and 1986. Plants were set with a locally adapted no-till transplanter into a cover crop of cereal rye (Secale cereale L.). Under unusually rainy conditions in 1985, cabbage yields with NT were lower than with CT; while with dry weather prevailing in 1986, NT and CT yields were equal for all planting dates. Yields in strip tillage systems were equal or higher than NT and CT with ample or deficit soil moisture. RT out-yielded both CT and NT in 1986. Yield was positively correlated with soil moisture content in 1986, but not in 1985. Once-over resetting was done in all plots resulting in no differences in plant numbers among tillage treatments. Head size was affected by tillage systems and was highly correlated with yield. These data indicate that (i) conservation tillage systems are viable alternatives to CT for production of cabbage, and (ii) available water resources and soil drainage should be important considerations in selection of the most productive tillage system.
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Thacker, Gary, and Mike Ottman. "Douple Cropping with Controlled Traffic Tillage." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/204535.

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Double cropping barley and cotton, using a system of controlled traffic tillage, was compared to conventionally tilled, full-season cotton. In this test, the yields of the barley and late planted cotton were too low to be competitive with the full season cotton.

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Thacker, Gary W., and Wayne E. Coates. "The Concept of Controlled Traffic Tillage." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/209541.

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With controlled traffic tillage, the field is divided into "traffic zones" to which all wheel traffic is confined and `production zones" where the plants are grown and there is no wheel compaction. Researchers have shown that using this concept can result in significantly lower tillage costs and field work time than with conventional "broadcast" tillage systems. Most researchers have shown that controlled traffic cotton yields are as high, and are sometimes higher than with conventional tillage. In our research, we have not measured any differences in yield or soil compaction between controlled traffic and conventional tillage systems.

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Kelly, John Kevin. "The effects of tillage, zero tillage and fertilizer sources on corn growth and yield and soil physical properties /." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63272.

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Om, Sothy. "Energy efficiency of tillage operations in Cambodia /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17266.pdf.

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Belaoussoff, Svenja. "Carabid beetles as indicators of tillage disturbance." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0023/NQ51029.pdf.

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Bentley, Darren. "Intelligent control of complex soil tillage machinery." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399714.

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RADITE, PRAEKO AGUS SETIAWAN. "ELECTRO-OSMOTIC LUBRICATION TO REDUCE TILLAGE DRAFT." Kyoto University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/202412.

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Nolte, Kurt, Mike Ottman, Trent Teegerstrom, and Guangyao (Sam) Wang. "Minimum tillage for wheat following winter vegetables." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146999.

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Wheat Production on Lettuce Beds
In 2009, over 56,000 acres were planted to wheat in Arizona, all of which following either a lettuce or cotton crop. For wheat grown in the region, the conventional tillage sequence prior to planting can be tied to as many as seven field operations that consume valuable time, labor, and resources. In this study, our aim was to determine the effectiveness of reducing the number tillage (minimum till) operations in fields immediately following lettuce harvest. And demonstrate to Southwest wheat producers a means for conserving time, fuel, and resources. Growing wheat on lettuce beds immediately following lettuce harvest did not significantly reduce grain yield or quality. Although the regrowth of the previous crop can have significant implications for Durum grown with minimum tillage if not managed effectively, lodging was not a significant factor in this study as the degree of lodging was similar in both growing systems. The significant savings in fuel, labor and time, with no apparent reduction in Durum yield or quality, may be a significant benefit to wheat producers who incorporate minimum tillage practices following a lettuce crop.

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Coates, W. E., and G. W. Thacker. "A Comparison of Three Cotton Tillage Systems." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/208315.

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Two alternative tillage systems used significantly less energy than conventional tillage. The Sundance system used the least energy, averaging 35 horsepower-hours per acre (Hp-hr /ac), the Uprooter Shredder-Mulcher (USM) was intermediate at 50 Hp-hr /ac, and the conventional system used the most energy at 69 Hp-hr /ac. These energy savings translated directly into cost savings of about the same proportions. The USM and Sundance systems can plow down and prepare the next seedbed in about one-half the time that conventional tillage requires. In the two years of testing we could not measure any significant differences in cotton yield. So far, we have not found any significant differences in soil compaction.

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Coates, Wayne E., and Gary W. Thacker. "A Comparison of Three Cotton Tillage Systems." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/208611.

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Over a three year study, two reduced tillage systems used significantly less energy than conventional tillage. The Sundance system averaged 46% of the energy used by the conventional system, and the Uprooter-Shredder-Mulcher (USM) averaged 65% of the energy used by the conventional system. These energy savings translate directly into cost savings of about the same proportions. Additionally, the Sundance and USM systems can plow down and prepare the next seedbed in about one-half the time that conventional tillage requires. In three years of testing we have not detected any significant differences in soil compaction, and we have not measured any yield reductions from these reduced tillage systems.

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Coates, Wayne E., and Gary W. Thacker. "A Comparison of Three Cotton Tillage Systems." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/209583.

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Two reduced cotton tillage systems, both of which utilize controlled traffic farming techniques, are being compared to a conventional tillage system in terms of energy requirements, field work time requirements, crop yield, and operating costs. Four seasons of testing show the Sundance system to have the lowest energy requirement of 28.2 HpHr /Ac, the Uprooter-Shredder-Mulcher (USM) the second lowest at 40.5 HpHr /Ac, and conventional tillage the highest at 54.4 HpHr /Ac. Field work times of the two reduced tillage systems are about one-half that of conventional tillage. Costs of the two reduced tillage systems are lower than for conventional tillage. We have never measured a significantly lower lint yield with either of the two reduced tillage systems, relative to conventional tillage.

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Coates, Wayne E., and Gary W. Thacker. "Reduced Tillage Systems for Airzona Cotton Growers." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/210921.

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Four alternative tillage systems were compared to a conventional system at The University of Arizona Agricultural Centers in Marana and Yuma. The alternative tillage systems offer significant savings in energy, time, and cost. None of the reduced tillage systems were associated with a reduction in cotton yield.

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Jayatissa, Dangallage Nimal. "Tillage effects on soil-water-air matrix and prediction of soil bulk density from cone index data." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08252008-162557/.

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Qiu, Hanxue. "Snow redistribution and soil water storage as impact by surface residue conditions." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2008/H_Qiu_012809.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in biological and agricultural engineering)--Washington State University, December 2008.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 10, 2009). "Department of Biological Systems Engineering." Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-21).

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Boismier, William Arthur. "Modelling the effects of tillage processes on artefact distributions in the ploughzone : a simulation study of tillage-induced pattern formation." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.627521.

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Chen, Ying 1957. "Soil thermal regime resulting from reduced tillage systems." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41106.

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The soil thermal regime is important to the soil and plant environment, being an influential factor in determining many processes in soil.
Changes in soil bulk density, soil surface reflectance and soil temperature changes with depth and time were studied theoretically and experimental as a function of variable soil properties, soil surface state, crop cover and atmospheric conditions.
A field experiment was carried out on sandy and clayey soils with each plot being subjected to a consistent tillage and fertilizer history of either conventional ploughing, reduced energy disking or zero tillage, and fresh dairy manure or manufactured inorganic fertilizer. The measured results and the quantitative models assist hopefully in identifying how soil management affects the soil thermal regime and in making cultivation management decisions.
Soil bulk density for each fertilizer type can be predicted quantitatively from input tillage energy in a linear fashion. The reflectance of the soil surface was estimated as an integrated form of the individual reflectance and the area fractions of the soil surface components, with a soil roughness correction term. This model can cover various surface situations under different schemes of soil management. A simulation model for soil temperature was developed, which can be applied to bare soil, partially crop-covered soil and completely crop-covered soil. The models can also be used as submodels or be linked to other existing models.

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Martin, E. C., K. O. Adu-Tutu, W. B. McCloskey, S. H. Husman, P. Clay, and M. Ottman. "Reduced Tillage Effects on Irrigation Management in Cotton." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/197914.

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Conservation or reduced tillage practices in cotton-based crop rotation systems were studied in field experiments initiated at Marana, Coolidge and Goodyear in 2001. Following barley cover and grain crops, soil and water management assessments were made during the 2002 cotton season at the three sites. Cover and grain crop residues and a lack of tillage prior to planting cotton or during the cotton season increased the infiltration of irrigation water into coarsetextured soils, slowed irrigation advance times, and increased the amount of irrigation water used at two of the three sites compared to conventional tillage treatments.

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Rein, B. K., G. W. Thacker, and W. E. Coates. "Energy Consumption and Yields for Cotton Tillage Systems." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/204818.

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The energy consumption of 2 alternative tillage systems for continuous cotton production in Arizona were compared to a conventional system. The tests were conducted at the University of Arizona Marana Agricultural Center. Results of the study in a Pima I clay loam soil showed the sundance treatment to have the lowest energy requirement of 39 Hp-hr /ac (73 kW-h/ha); the USM system had the second highest of 58 Hp-hr /ac (107 kW-h/ha). The conventional system required 67 Hp-hr /ac (124 kW- h/ha). Average yields for all 3 systems were not significantly different. A continuation of this study will be conducted to determine long-term effects on energy consumption, yields, and soil compaction.

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Du, Croix Sissons Michelle J. "Effect of tillage on recruitment depth of five weed species measured in situ in zero and conventional tillage fields in Manitoba." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ41693.pdf.

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Schroeder, Brittany A. "Prescription Tillage Implementation via Creation of an Agronomic Rule Set and ISOBus Class III Control System for Achieving Spatially Variable Tillage." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1562937966106841.

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D'Emden, Francis Herbert. "Adoption of conservation tillage : an application of duration analysis." University of Western Australia. School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2006. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2006.0067.

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The global adoption and diffusion of conservation tillage has made considerable progress over the last 20 years. No-till and zero-tillage could be seen as representing the current technological end-point of the conservation tillage movement. This thesis uses descriptive statistics and both logit and duration regressions to analyse the influence of cross-sectional and time-dependent factors on the probability of no-till adoption by growers in Australia’s southern grain growing regions. Cross-section and time-series data on individual adoption decisions was gathered through interviews and employed in conjunction with generic time series data from various government agencies in a duration analysis modelling framework. Descriptive statistics suggest that weed management and herbicide resistance are important considerations for growers in their tillage decisions, predominantly due to the substitution of herbicides for the physical weed control provided by cultivation. Logit and duration regressions identify a number of significant factors influencing growers’ adoption decisions. These include growers’ perceptions of herbicide efficacy and sowing timeliness in no-till systems; the declining price of glyphosate relative to diesel; average annual rainfall and growers’ proximity to other adopters and opportunities to observe the beneficial effects of no-till. The results suggest that research and development of integrated weed management practices that are compatible with no-till systems is highly important if no-till systems are to be sustained in Australia’s southern wheatbelt. Such research and development should acknowledge the high value which growers place on locally generated information and the channels used to acquire such information, namely local extension events and consulting services. This thesis shows how duration analysis, with its ability to take account of both cross sectional and time-varying factors, can provide a statistical modelling framework better suited to the study of adoption decisions than traditional cross sectional methods based on logit and tobit analyses.

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Allton, Kathryn E. "Interactions between soil microbial communities, erodibility and tillage practices." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1826/1580.

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The soil biota are a vital component of belowground systems, driving many key processes such as nutrient cycling, underwriting soil structural integrity and providing crucial ecosystem services to the wider environment. In agricultural systems, tillage practices are known to impact upon both the soil biota and surface erosion processes, but little is understood about the relationships between these three factors. This work addresses this issue within the framework of an EU Life/ Syngenta project “Soil and water protection for northern and central Europe” (SOWAP). Within this component of the SOWAP programme, the influence of different soil management practices on the size and overall composition of the soil microbial community was determined and related to the propensity for erosion, at a variety of spatial scales. Microbial biomass and phenotypic structure, measured using phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis, were used to determine the effect tillage had on microbial communities at sites in Belgium, Hungary and the UK. The field sites were split into differing tillage practices on the same slope. Samples were taken prior to, and three years after, the adoption of inversion (conventional) and non-inversion tillage techniques. In addition, samples were taken periodically from two sites in the UK (Loddington, Leicestershire and Tivington, Somerset) to assess the temporal changes in microbial community size and structure under the tillage practices. Other soil, agronomic and ecological properties were measured at the field scale by SOWAP project partners. These field trials were supported by small plot rainfall simulations at the Loddington field site and by laboratory-based microcosm-scale studies using manipulated microbial communities and controlled rainfall, to further characterise microbial effects on soil erodibility. The results showed that across the European sites microbial community size was reduced in conventionally tilled soils. However there was no effect of tillage type on microbial biomass at the Tivington site after three years. Microbial community structure showed significant seasonal changes greater than those relatable to tillage type. It was notable that the fungal biomarker PLFA 18:2ω6 decreased in conventionally tilled soils. The small-scale experimentation using rainfall simulators and manipulated microbial communities was designed to specifically observe relationships between soil microbial communities, water movement and erodibility. These experiments showed that the presence of microbes in soils impacted upon both erosion processes and hydrological properties. There was a trend showing a decreased sediment concentration in runoff from soils containing a living microbial community. Propensity to runoff and infiltration was altered differentially as a result of microbial inocula derived from soils under different tillage practices. There was evidence that there was a specific and characteristic fraction of the microbial community susceptible to mobilisation by runoff and infiltrate waters, and hence potentially prone to relocation within the ecosystem. Linking the laboratory experiments to field rainfall simulations demonstrated the difficulty of controlling environmental variables, particularly at larger scales. Nevertheless, the same basic trends were observed at both laboratory and small plot scales.

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Buragienė, Sidona. "Impact of different soil tillage technologies on the enviroment." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20140123_134417-70543.

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Soil tillage is one of the most important agrotechnological processes having huge influence on the sowing, germination, growing, yield and quality of cultivated plants. At the same time soil tillage is one of the most expensive and energy consuming agrotechnological processes of plant cultivation. The conventional tillage technologies using mouldboard and intensive cultivation machinery have both a positive impact on the preparation of the seedbed for plants and a negative impact as they are rather detrimental to the environment, soil, its properties, biodiversity, pollution of water bodies, etc. During the conventional soil tillage the crop residues of the last yield are incorporated into the deeper layers of the soil and the soil surface is not covered. Such soils are much susceptible to the environmental forces and are easier disturbed by wind and water erosion. Every year around 6 mio ha of fertile soil areas are lost due to inappropriate agricultural activities and changing environmental conditions. Another very important factor is that deep ploughing is an unproductive soil tillage method pertaining to huge time and energy consumption. At the same time multiplex driving of heavy weight agricultural machinery over the soil results in negative influence on its peoperties as well as consuming of huge amounts of diesel fuel results in high pollution of the environment with the greenhouse gas. Therefore, in order to reduce the negative influence of agricultural activities... [to full text]
Žemės dirbimas yra vienas svarbiausių agrotechnologinių procesų, turinčių labai didelę įtaką kultūrinių augalų sėjai, sudygimui, augimui, derliui ir jo kokybei. Tuo pačiu žemės dirbimas yra ir vienas iš brangiausių ir energijai imliausių kultūrinių augalų auginimo agrotechnologinių procesų. Įprastinio žemės dirbimo technologijos, kuriose naudojamos verstuvinės ir intensyviai dirvą purenantys žemės dirbimo agregatai, greta teigiamo poveikio augalų sėklų guoliavietės paruošimui, yra pakankamai žalingos aplinkai, dirvai, jos savybėms, biologinei įvairovei, vandens telkinių taršai ir t.t. Įprastinio žemės dirbimo metu augalinės praėjusio derliaus liekanos yra įterpiamos į gilesnius dirvos sluoksnius ir dirvos paviršius lieka neuždengtas. Tokios dirvos yra žymiai jautresnės aplinkos veiksniams ir lengviau pažeidžiamos vėjo ir vandens erozijos. Kiekvienais metais, pasaulyje, dėl netinkamos žemės ūkio veiklos ir kintančių aplinkos sąlygų prarandama apie 6 mln. ha derlingų dirvos plotų. Kitas labai svarbus aspektas yra tas, kad žemės dirbimas gilaus arimo plūgais yra mažai našus, daug darbo laiko ir energijos sąnaudų reikalaujantis žemės dirbimas. Tuo pačiu daugkartinis didelės masės žemės ūkio agregatų važinėjimas po dirvą ne tik daro neigiamą įtaką jos savybėms, bet ir, sudeginant didelius kiekius dyzelinių degalų, stipriai teršia aplinką šiltnamio efektą sukeliančiomis dujomis. Todėl pastaruoju metu, siekiant mažinti žemės ūkio veiklos daroma neigiamą įtaką dirvos degradacijai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

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Hessler, Alex G. "Reduced Tillage and Living Mulches for Organic Vegetable Production." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_etds/33.

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Reduced tillage and living mulches are alternative management strategies that can improve soil quality by minimizing disturbance and building soil organic matter. Weed suppression by these two practices alone is often insufficient to avoid crop yield losses, but their performance in an integrated system is not well understood. This project investigated the production of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in conventional tillage and strip tillage with a living mulch of teff (Eragrostis tef Zucc.) and Korean lespedeza (Kummerowia stipulacea Maxim.). Yields of pepper and bean were generally higher under conventional tillage without living mulch. Weed biomass was not influenced by tillage, and was adequately suppressed by teff in a year when conditions for teff growth were favorable. Mowing appeared to suppress weed growth but not living mulch growth. Soil nitrate and ammonium concentration was generally higher under conventional tillage without living mulch. Delaying living mulch seeding by 15 days after crop establishment generally did not affect weed suppression or crop yield. Soil aggregate stability was not consistently affected by tillage or living mulch. Increased mowing frequency, living mulch planting delay, or distance between the crop row and the living mulch may be necessary to achieve acceptable yields with living mulches.

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Baradi, Niranjan Kumar. "Factors affecting the adoption of tillage systems in Kansas." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1142.

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Martin, Kent Lee. "Effect of phosphorus placement in reduced tillage crop production." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1223.

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Martin, E. C., K. O. Adu-Tutu, W. B. McCloskey, S. H. Husman, P. Clay, and M. Ottman. "Conservation Tillage Effects on Infiltration and Irrigation Advance Times." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/198158.

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Field experiments were initiated at sites in Marana, Coolidge and Goodyear, Arizona, in the Fall of 2001, in a cotton-based, conservation tillage project. In the 2002 cotton season, following cover and grain crops, soil and water management assessments were made to evaluate the impact of conservation tillage on surface irrigation performance. An additional site was added in the winter of 2002 at Maricopa, Arizona. Analyses included soil texture, infiltration rate and water advancement. At Coolidge, the Conservation plots had higher infiltration rates and longer advance times than the Conventional plots in 2002, 2003 and 2004. At Marana, infiltration rates were initially higher for the Conservation plots but the rates converged at the end of four hours in 2002. In 2003, the Conventional plots infiltrated about one inch more and the opposite occurred in 2004, where the Conservation plots infiltrated about 1 inch more than the Conventional. The advance times for Marana showed the water in the Conventional wheel rows to be the fastest. At Goodyear, the Conservation plots infiltrated more than the Conventional plots in 2002. This also resulted in a slower advance time for the Conservation plots. In 2003, due to tillage by the grower, treatment effects could not be compared and the site was abandoned in 2004. At Maricopa, the Conservation plots infiltrated almost 2.2 inches more water than the Conventional plots and the water reached the end of the field three hours ahead of the fastest Conservation plot in 2003. In 2004, the Conservation plot infiltrated just over 1½ inches more water than the Conventional plots with the Conventional plots having faster advance times. Seasonal irrigation water applications to each treatment were relatively equal for all the sites with the exception of Coolidge. Here, the long field combined with sandy soil made it difficult to adequately irrigate the Conservation plots. In 2002, an additional 21 inches of water was applied to the Conservation plots. In 2003, that amount was reduced to 12.5 inches. The 2004 irrigation data are not yet available. The yield data show a significant difference between years and different sites. In 2002, only the yields measured at Coolidge were significantly different with the Conservation yielding higher than the Conventional. This may have been due to the increase water application. In 2003, the opposite occurred and the Conventional plots yielded more than the Conservation plots. This may have been due to herbicide damage. At Maricopa the Conventional plot also yielded more than the Conservation plot in 2003 but there was no measured difference in 2004. The Marana site had equal yields for both treatments except for the final year, 2004, when the Conventional yielded higher than the Conservation treatment. Indications are that conservation tillage does impact irrigation performance and it may not be suitable for all locations depending on soil type and field layout.

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Husman, S., P. Clay, E. Taylor, and K. White. "Twin Line Cotton Production in a Conservation Tillage System." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/198170.

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Two experiments were conducted in 2004 evaluating twin line cotton production using a conservation tillage system approach. DPL 451 BR Upland cotton was planted into oat hay stubble on April 30 and May 5, 2004 at commercial cooperator sites at Tonopah and Tolleson AZ, respectively. The two primary experimental objectives were to determine whether cotton planted into previous crop residue initiated fruiting on the mainstem once the cotton seedling grew above the crop stubble and whether there were differences in lint yield between the single and twin line system. Previous twin line cotton production research had been conducted by authors at 30 locations from 2001-2003. In almost all cases, the harvest of low set bolls presented problems with the twin line system. In 2004, the initiation of the first fruiting branch was independent of the stubble height at both locations. In addition, there were no differences in lint yield in either a single or twin line cotton production system when planting into previous crop residue using conservation tillage.

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Rich, Heather. "NITROGEN FERTILITY MANAGEMENT IN NO-TILLAGE CUCUMBERS AND SQUASH." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1152.

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Although most vegetables are grown using conventional tillage (CT) practices, no-tillage (NT) is becoming more prominent in vegetable production due to growers gaining more understanding of the economic and ecological benefits associated with the NT production system. Nitrogen (N) fertility management in NT systems is important to maximize yield productivity, but there is little available information on N fertilizer recommendations for vegetable crops grown in this production system. Therefore, two field studies were conducted at a grower location in southern Illinois to determine the effect of N application rates in NT zucchini squash and cucumber production following the herbicide burn-down of a wheat cover crop in early spring. Results indicated that the maximum total squash fruit yield was achieved when 30 to 120 lb N/acre was sidedress applied [or a range of 125 to 210 lb total N (pre-plant, soil, and applied N)/acre]. Although squash plant growth was maximized when 180 lb N/acre was sidedressed (or a range of 264 to 273 lb total N/acre), the overall yield was less compared to the 30 to 120 lb N/acre rates. Cucumber results indicated that maximum total fruit yield was achieved again at 30 to 120 lb N/acre sidedress rates (or a total N rate range of 114 to 208 lb/acre). Cucumber plant growth was maximized at a sidedress application of 120 to 180 lb N/acre, although yield decreased at the 180 lb N/acre sidedress rate (or 260 to 270 lb total N/acre). It appears that if cucurbit vegetables have high amounts of N available in the soil through over application of N fertilizer, the excess N will be used for plant vegetative growth rather than for fruit production. These studies indicated that when too much N is applied in both NT cucumbers and zucchini squash, these high N rates will stimulate vegetative growth (as indicated by high plant vigor and leaf chlorophyll content) while reducing fruit yields.

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Van, der Vinne Jhony. "Sistemas de cultivo e métodos de implantação de cebola no verão /." Jaboticabal : [s.n.], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96976.

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Resumo: O trabalho teve como objetivos avaliar os efeitos de sistemas de cultivo e métodos de implantação no sistema radicular da cebola e nas propriedades fisicas do solo (Experimentos I e 11), bem como na produtividade de cultivares no verão, visando à colheita de bulbos na entressafra (Experimentos 111 e IV). Os experimentos foram conduzidos em um Latossolo Vermelho, em São José do Rio Pardo-SP, entre dezembro de 2004 e setembro de 2005. No Experimento I, instalado em dezembro, foram avaliados os sistemas de cultivo na palha e convencional (aração/gradagem) e pontos de coleta de amostras do solo: linha e entrelinha. No Experimento 11, instalado em fevereiro, foram avaliados os sistemas de cultivo na palha e convencional, implantados por semeadura direta, transplantio de mudas de bandejas e de raizes nuas. No Experimento 11I, instalado em dezembro, foi avaliada a produtividade de Alfa Tropical, Alfa São Francisco e Mercedes, implantadas por transplantio de mudas de bandejas e de raizes nuas, no cultivo na palha e convencional. No Experimento IV, instalado em fevereiro, foram avaliados os mesmos tratamentos do Experimento 111 e foi adicionado o método da semeadura direta. O sistema radicular concentrou-se entre O e 20 cm de profundidade. A densidade de raizes foi maior no sistema de cultivo na palha do que no convencional, entre O e 10 cm. Os atributos físicos do solo não alteraram o desenvolvimento radicular. A semeadura direta propiciou maior densidade de raizes que mudas de bandejas e de raizes nuas. Altas produtividades foram obtidas com Alfa Tropical e Alfa São Francisco em dezembro, e em fevereiro com Mercedes. O transplantio de mudas de bandejas e a semeadura direta proporcionaram produtividades de até 50 t ha-1, quase o dobro da constatada no método de mudas de raizes nuas. Maiores produtividades ou precocidade de colheita foram obtidas no cultivo na palha em relação ao sistema convencional.
Abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the effects of til/age system and method of crop implementation on the root system of onions and on the physical properties of the soil (Experiment I and 11), as well as on the productivity of the cultivars in the summer, for the purpose of collecting bulbs in the period of low onion yield (Experiments 111 and IV). The experiments were conducted in red latosol soil, in São José do Rio Pardo-SP, between Oecember, 2004 and September, 2005. Experiment I, started in Oecember, compared tillage systems, conventional (plowing/harrowing) versus no-tillage, and collection areas of soil samples, row versus interrow. Experiment 11, started in February, examined the two tillage systems, where crops were implemented by direct seeding (DS) and transplanting seedlings produced in trays (TST) or in raised beds (TSR). Experiment 11I, started in Oecember, studied the productivity of Alfa Tropical, Alfa São Francisco and Mercedes, implemented by TST and TSR, cultivated with no tillage and with conventional soil preparation. Experiment IV, started in February, examined the same treatments as in Oecember but also the OS method. The root system was concentrated at a depth of O to 20 cm. The density of the roots was greater between O and 10 cm with no tillage compared to conventional soi! preparation. The physical attributes of the soil had no influence on root development. OS favored a greater root density compared to TST and TSR. High productivity was obtained with Alfa Tropical and Alfa São Francisco in Oecember, and in February with Mercedes. TST and OS resulted in productivities of up to 50 t ha-1, almost double that with TSR. Greater yield was obtained with no tillage versus the conventional system.
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Henning, Barend Johannes. "Agricultural recycling of sewage sludge for maize and oats cultivation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25006.

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Khan, Faizan-ul-Haq. "Analysis of factors affected by cultivation that determine the rate of NOâ†3N leaching from the soil." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262992.

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Pachta, Matthew J. "Risk analysis of tillage and crop rotation alternatives with winter wheat for south central Kansas." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/3577.

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Maswaure, Justin. "Tillage forces and soil loosening as influenced by tool geometry." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23411.

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A field tillage tool carrier was constructed using a tractor trailer, hydraulic cylinder and steel construction material. Tillage tool blades of varying lengths, widths and angles of attack were fabricated from steel and were used in the study of the effect of tool rake angle, tool width and depth of operation on soil strength properties, draft, draft efficiency, volume of soil manipulated, degree of soil loosening and penetration resistance.
The results showed that the draft increased with tool rake angle and width. Operating at a depth of 150 mm and 100 mm depth did not make any significant difference on the draft requirement. Low angles of attack were observed to have a greater potential to loosen the soil, and the loosening increased to a depth of 150 mm then decreased. The draft efficiency was affected by the angle of attack as well as the depth of operation. The cross sectional area of the furrow and hence the volume of soil manipulated was seen to depend on the width of the tool and the operating depth.
Slender tools and high rake angles were found to loosen the soil better than wide ones. No distinct trend existed between depth to width aspect ratio and draft requirement. No variation was observed between draft efficiency and d/w ratio. Penetration resistance increased with depth of operation as well as distance from the furrow centre after tillage. Some areas of residual high strength were sometimes left within the sphere of influence of the tools. Some tools dealt with these omissions better than others.

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Fielke, John Milton. "Interactions of the cutting edge of tillage implements with soil." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phf463.pdf.

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Herzog, Craig. "Canola Production as Influenced by Previous Crop and Tillage System." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1967998321&sid=7&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thakur, Tara Chandra. "An investigation into the mechanics of powered rotary tillage tools." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1985. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4451.

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A prediction model based upon Mohr-Coulomb soil mechanics theory has been developed to predict the itneraction between the soil and a rotary tiler blade with horizontal axis of rotation by neglecting the quasi-static reaction and the dynamic soil reactions due to acceleration of the deformed soil slice and sinkage of the chamfered back face of the blade as a special case. The quasi-static force prediction model is dependent upon the passive general shear failure of the soil slice towards the curved free surface of a previous cut and the lateral local shear failure towards the undeformed soil due to the effect of the tip. Cont/d.

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Dec, Dorota Agnieszka. "Thermal properties in Luvisols under conventional and conservation tillage treatment /." Kiel : Inst. für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde, 2006. http://e-diss.uni-kiel.de/diss_1904.

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Keller, Thomas. "Soil compaction and soil tillage - studies in agricultural soil mechanics /." Uppsala : Dept. of Soil Sciences, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2004. http://epsilon.slu.se/a489.pdf.

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Baigys, Giedrius. "Soil water regime and nitrate leaching dynamics applying no-tillage." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20090217_111111-32108.

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The impact of different agricultural systems used in agriculture on the leaching of nutrients and nitrates first of all depends on many factors that are not noticed and sometimes even underestimated by farmers trying to reach larger yields and better economic results. This article analysis the issue of changes in water regime and nitrate nitrogen leaching under the change of agricultural systems; such issue has not been investigated in Lithuania before. This research is especially relevant under the conditions of the Middle Lithuanian Lowland, where annual crops (cereals and sugar beet) area mainly cultivated, the ground is aerated in-tensely thus increasing the mineralization of organic substances and a lot of fertilizers are used. The change of conventional tillage for reduced tillage resulted in the decrease of the resources of surface soil water by 4,91-5,85 % and after changing it into no-tillage water resources decreased by 23,4 %. Reduced tillage and late ploughing are appropriate environmental means reducing nitrate nitrogen leaching from soil.
Įvairių žemdirbystės sistemų naudojamų žemės ūkyje poveikis maisto medžiagų ir labiausiai nitratų išsiplovimui priklauso nuo daugelio veiksnių, kurių žemdirbiai siekdami didesnių derlių ir geresnių ekonominių rezultatų nepastebi, o kartais ir reikiamai neįvertina. Šiame darbe, nagrinėjamas šalyje netirtas vandens režimo ir nitratų azoto išplovimo pasikeitimų, keičiantis žemdirbystės sistemoms, klausimas. Šie tyrimai ypač aktualūs Lietuvos Vidurio lygumos sąlygomis, kur daugiausia auginama vienmečių augalų (javų ir cukrinių runkelių), kasmet žemė intensyviai aeruojama, taip didinant organinių medžiagų mineralizaciją, naudojama daug trąšų. Pakeitus tradicinį žemės dirbimą į sumažintą žemės dirbimą paviršinio dirvožemio sluoksnio vandens atsargos sumažėjo 4,91-5,85 %, o pakeitus į neariminį žemės dirbimą vandens atsargos sumažėjo 23,4 %. Sumažintas žemės dirbimas bei vėlyvas arimas yra tinkamos aplinkosauginės priemonės, mažinančios nitratų azoto išplovimą iš dirvožemio.

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Campos, Magana S. G. "Development of a minimum tillage maize planter for Mexican agriculture." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239023.

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