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1. Impact of conservation tillage on the distribution of soil nutrients with depth

Author:
Ligang Lv; Zhoubing Gao; Kaihua Liao; Qing Zhu; Junjun Zhu
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2023 v.225 pp. 105527
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
agricultural development; calcium; cation exchange capacity; conventional tillage; magnesium; meta-analysis; minimum tillage; no-tillage; organic carbon; pH; research; sodium; straw; stubble; subsoil; topsoil
Abstract:
... Conservation tillage, defined as no-till with/without straw stubble covering, reduced tillage, or minimum tillage in this study, is widely used to mitigate the negative effects of intensive tillage. Achieving sustainable agricultural development and eco-environmental protection requires a deeper understanding of the effect of conservation tillage on soil chemical properties (e.g., organic matter ( ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105527

2. Reduced tillage increases soil biological properties but not suppressiveness against Rhizoctonia solani and Streptomyces scabies

Author:
Viola Kurm; Mirjam T. Schilder; Wiepie K. Haagsma; Jaap Bloem; Olga E. Scholten; Joeke Postma
Source:
Applied soil ecology 2023 v.181 pp. 104646
ISSN:
0929-1393
Subject:
Streptomyces scabiei; Thanatephorus cucumeris; bacteria; conventional tillage; crop production; crops; fungal biomass; inoculum; labile carbon; nitrogen; plant pathogenic fungi; reduced tillage; soil; soil ecology
Abstract:
... Intensive agricultural crop production can lead to a decline in biological soil characteristics and functions, such as soil microbial biomass and activity, carbon and nutrient cycling and soil suppressiveness, important for the sustainable production of food and feed. There is a need to understand how those soil functions can be improved by agricultural practices. In a long-term field study, we as ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104646

3. Action on Invasive Species: Control Strategies of Parthenium hysterophorus L. on Smallholder Farms in Kenya

Author:
Martin Paul Tabe Ojong Jr; Miguel Alvarez; Hanna J. Ihli; Mathias Becker; Thomas Heckelei
Source:
Environmental management 2022 v.69 no.5 pp. 861-870
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
Parthenium hysterophorus; agrochemicals; agropastoralism; animal and human health; biodiversity; conventional tillage; educational status; environmental management; farmers; invasive species; regression analysis; socioeconomics; weeds; Asia; Kenya
Abstract:
... Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae) is an invasive alien weed with detrimental effects on agricultural production, biodiversity, human and animal health, threating rural livelihoods in Asia and Africa. The problem emerged recently in the Kenyan Rift Valley, where it began to affect the landholdings of both agro-pastoralists and crop farmers. These vulnerable smallholders depend heavily on nat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-021-01577-5

4. Aggregate stability and soil surface sealing in irrigated soils under no‐tillage versus conventional tillage

Author:
Luca Grandinetti; Carlos Cantero‐Martínez; María Concepción Ramos
Source:
Land degradation & development 2022 v.33 no.13 pp. 2379-2389
ISSN:
1085-3278
Subject:
aggregate stability; conventional tillage; corn; irrigation; land degradation; no-tillage; saturated hydraulic conductivity; seals; soil aggregates; soil organic carbon
Abstract:
... The effect of no‐tillage (NT) (zero tillage) versus conventional tillage (CT) has been evaluated in rainfed conditions but has seldom been studied under irrigation, where soil sealing favours soil degradation. To contribute to this knowledge, this research analyses soil aggregate stability under disaggregation forces produced under irrigation (causing slaking and mechanical breakdown) and the susc ...
DOI:
10.1002/ldr.4316

5. Alternative combinations of tillage practices and crop rotations can foster earthworm density and bioturbation

Author:
Kaisa A. Torppa; Astrid R. Taylor
Source:
Applied soil ecology 2022 v.175 pp. 104460
ISSN:
0929-1393
Subject:
Brassica napus; barley; bioturbation; community structure; conventional tillage; crop rotation; earthworms; intensive farming; long term experiments; soil; soil ecology; wheat
Abstract:
... Earthworms, which contribute to important soil functions, suffer from intensive agriculture. Their response depends among other things on the earthworm ecological group (anecic, endogeic, epigeic) and the combination of the applied farming practices. To advice on methodological adaptations that enhance earthworm-mediated soil functions, effects of different practices on earthworms need to be studi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104460

6. Assessing Intra-Row Spacing Using Image Processing: A Promising Digital Tool for Smallholder Farmers

Author:
Vinicius Dos Santos Carreira; Danilo Tedesco; Alexandre Dos Santos Carreira; Rouverson Pereira da Silva
Source:
Agronomy 2022 v.12 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4395
Subject:
agronomy; conventional tillage; corn; mechanization; no-tillage
Abstract:
... Assessing planting to ensure well-distributed plants is important to achieve high yields. Digital farming has been helpful in these field assessments. However, these techniques are at most times not available for smallholder farmers or low-income regions. Thus, to contribute such producers, we developed two methods to assess intra-row spacing in commercial fields using mobile photos and simple ima ...
DOI:
10.3390/agronomy12020301

7. Assessment of diverse tillage system with mulching for water-cum-energy efficiency and soil carbon stabilization in maize (Zea mays L.)-rapeseed (Brassica campestris L.) system

Author:
V.K. Choudhary; Ram Swaroop Meena
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 v.219 pp. 105326
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera; Zea mays; agroecosystems; biomass production; bulk density; conventional tillage; corn; energy; grain yield; minimum tillage; mulches; no-tillage; phytomass; rapeseed; research; soil; soil organic carbon; water use efficiency
Abstract:
... A combination of intensive soil manipulation, low water and input efficiencies has resulted in declining soil and crop productivity, and a worsening soil organic carbon (SOC) stock and crop productivity in the eastern Himalayan agro-ecosystem. There is an urgent need to improve the carbon (c) stability with water-cum-energy efficient management for long-term sustainability. Experimental field was ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105326

8. Biodegradable film mulching combined with straw incorporation can significantly reduce global warming potential with higher spring maize yield

Author:
Rui Qian; Ru Guo; Yang Liu; Muhammad Asad Naseer; Sadam Hussain; Donghua Liu; Peng Zhang; Xiaoli Chen; Xiaolong Ren
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2022 v.340 pp. 108181
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
Zea mays; agriculture; biodegradability; carbon dioxide; carbon sequestration; conventional tillage; corn; crop yield; environment; field experimentation; furrows; greenhouse gases; mulches; soil organic carbon; soil profiles; straw; total organic carbon
Abstract:
... The sole effect of crop straw incorporation or film mulching on soil organic carbon (SOC) content, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and crop yield is well documented in the literature; however, the combined effects of biodegradable film mulching coupled with straw incorporation on these aspects is not yet studied in detail. We conducted a field experiment expanding over five years to evaluate the inf ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2022.108181

9. Biological conservation measures are better than engineering conservation measures in improving soil quality of eroded orchards in southern China

Author:
Xin Qin; Yan Zhang; Ronggang Yu; Xingchen Chang; Yuefei Yao; Quan Qiu; Haiqiang Li; Xiaorong Wei
Source:
Soil Science Society of America journal 2022 v.86 no.4 pp. 932-945
ISSN:
0361-5995
Subject:
biological treatment; conventional tillage; grasses; iron; manganese; microbial carbon; nutrient content; orchards; potassium; soil pH; soil quality; topsoil; total phosphorus; water conservation; China
Abstract:
... Both biological and engineering measures have proven to be effective soil and water conservation practices for eroded environments, whereas how the soil quality varies with them remains unclear. In this study, we measured soil properties in the 0‐to‐100‐cm soil layer of eroded orchards in southern China after 17‐yr of application of different conservation measures. The purpose of the experiment wa ...
DOI:
10.1002/saj2.20423

10. Biosolids and conservation tillage for rainfed wheat farming in dry Mediterranean climates

Author:
William F. Schillinger; Craig G. Cogger; Andy I. Bary
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 v.223 pp. 105478
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
Triticum aestivum; application rate; arid lands; atmospheric precipitation; biosolids; conservation compliance; conservation tillage; conventional tillage; data collection; dry environmental conditions; farm programs; field experimentation; grain protein; grain yield; research; seeds; soil; soil degradation; soil organic carbon; winter wheat
Abstract:
... Biosolids are used in dryland wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production in eastern Washington and other regions of the world as a source of nutrients and to increase soil organic carbon (SOC). Moreover, conservation tillage is promoted to reduce erosion and soil degradation. We explored the impacts of biosolids vs synthetic fertilizer in combination with undercutter (UC) conservation tillage vs tand ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105478

11. CO2 emission from soil in silage maize irrigated with wastewater under deficit irrigation in direct sowing practice

Author:
Caner Yerli; Ustun Sahin; Taskin Oztas
Source:
Agricultural water management 2022 v.271 pp. 107791
ISSN:
0378-3774
Subject:
air temperature; biomass production; carbon dioxide; conventional tillage; corn; deficit irrigation; freshwater; irrigation rates; silage; soil temperature; wastewater; wastewater irrigation; water reuse
Abstract:
... It is necessary to understand and measure the impact of tillage and irrigation practices on CO₂ emissions from the soil with an environmental sensitivity, while wastewater irrigation increases crop biomass yield. The main objective of the present study was to investigate the changes and reasons in CO₂ emissions from soil conventional and conservative tillage under different levels of wastewater ir ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107791

12. Change of tillage system affects the soil carbon pools characters, reduces carbon emissions and improves maize yield in the Loess Plateau

Author:
Qi Zhang; Yuanhong Zhang; Xumin Wang; Haoyu Li; Pengzhao Liu; Xiaoli Wang; Rui Wang; Jun Li
Source:
European journal of agronomy 2022 v.141 pp. 126614
ISSN:
1161-0301
Subject:
agronomy; carbon sequestration; climate change; conventional tillage; corn; environmental protection; long term experiments; models; no-tillage; soil carbon; soil depth; spatial distribution; total organic carbon; China
Abstract:
... Understanding the response of soil aggregates and soil carbon pools to different tillage practices is an important way to illustrate the role of conservation tillage in climate change mitigation. Therefore, a long-term tillage experiment was conducted from 2007 to 2020 with four tillage practices: 1) The rotational tillage practice consisting of no-tillage in the first year, conventional tillage i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.eja.2022.126614

13. Changes in wheat traits under future climate change and their contributions to yield changes in conventional vs. conservational tillage systems

Author:
Yibo Li; Ruixing Hou; Xiaodi Liu; Yi Chen; Fulu Tao
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.815 pp. 152947
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
aboveground biomass; carbon dioxide; climate; conventional tillage; crop models; cultivars; environment; filling period; flowering; grain yield; meta-analysis; no-tillage; soil water; wheat; China
Abstract:
... Exploring the changes in wheat traits under future climate change and their contributions to yield changes is essential to improve the understanding of climate impact mechanisms and develop climate-resilient cultivars, which however has been seldom conducted. In this study, using a process-based crop model (APSIM-Wheat), meta-regression analyses, and machine learning approaches, we assessed the im ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.152947

14. Climate Change Effect on Water Use Efficiency under Selected Soil and Water Conservation Practices in the Ruzizi Catchment, Eastern D.R. Congo

Author:
Espoir M. Bagula; Jackson Gilbert M. Majaliwa; Gustave N. Mushagalusa; Twaha A. Basamba; John-Baptist Tumuhairwe; Jean-Gomez M. Mondo; Patrick Musinguzi; Cephas B. Mwimangire; Géant B. Chuma; Anthony Egeru; Moses M. Tenywa
Source:
Land 2022 v.11 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-445X
Subject:
Zea mays; arid lands; climate; climate change; conventional tillage; corn; crop management; data collection; decision support systems; meteorological data; models; rain; soil; temperature; water conservation; water use efficiency; watersheds; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo
Abstract:
... Concerns have been raised on the effectiveness and sustainability of Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) practices as adaptation options to climate change and high intra– and inter–annual rainfall variabilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This study was conducted in the Ruzizi Plain, a dryland area, to assess the performance of maize (Zea mays L.) under two Representative Concentr ...
DOI:
10.3390/land11091409

15. Climate impact from agricultural management practices in the Canadian Prairies: Carbon equivalence due to albedo change

Author:
Jiangui Liu; Raymond L. Desjardins; Shusen Wang; Devon E. Worth; Budong Qian; Jiali Shang
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2022 v.302 pp. 113938
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
Landsat; canola; carbon; carbon sequestration; climate; climate change; conventional tillage; cropland; drawdown; energy; environmental management; fallow; flax; land use; no-tillage; prairie soils; spring wheat; summer; Canada
Abstract:
... It is generally accepted that land use and land management practices impact climate change through sequestration of carbon in soils, but modulation of surface energy budget can also be important. Using Landsat data to characterize cropland albedos in Canada's three prairie soil zones, this study estimates the atmospheric carbon equivalent drawdown of albedo radiative forcing for three management p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113938

16. Co-implementation of precision nutrient management in long-term conservation agriculture-based systems: A step towards sustainable energy-water-food nexus

Author:
C.M. Parihar; B.R. Meena; Hari Sankar Nayak; K. Patra; D.R. Sena; Raj Singh; S.L. Jat; D.K. Sharma; D.M. Mahala; S. Patra; Rupesh; N. Rathi; M. Choudhary; M.L. Jat; Ahmed M. Abdallah
Source:
Energy 2022 v.254 pp. 124243
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
agricultural conservation practice; conventional tillage; crop residues; energy; farms; no-tillage; nutrient management; plant establishment; water footprint; India; Indo-Gangetic Plain
Abstract:
... The conventionally managed cereal-based cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of South Asia are energy intensive that overwhelm the farm profits and the environmental footprint. This research addresses a complex nexus between yield-energy-water-GHG footprints-economics of conservation agriculture (CA)-based intensified maize-wheat-mungbean rotation. This study evaluated the effect of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2022.124243

17. Comparison of mechanized conservation agriculture and conventional tillage in Zambia: A short-term agronomic and economic analysis

Author:
Godfrey Omulo; Regina Birner; Karlheinz Köller; Simunji Simunji; Thomas Daum
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 v.221 pp. 105414
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
agricultural conservation practice; biomass; conventional tillage; corn; direct seeding; dry season; economic analysis; germination; mechanization; on-farm research; profits and margins; soil; soybeans; wet season; Zambia
Abstract:
... The rise of medium-scale farmers across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is offering Conservation agriculture (CA) a new perspective. Such farmers not only cultivate increasingly large land areas but also provide machinery services, share knowledge, and can act as role models to smallholders. Although mechanization may incentivize CA adoption in SSA, little research has focused on the performance of mecha ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105414

18. Comprehensive analysis of resource utilization efficiency under different tillage systems in North China Plain

Author:
Cong He; Yu-Qiao Wang; Wei-Bao Yu; Yi-Hong Kou; Bohoussou N'dri Yves; Xin Zhao; Hai-Lin Zhang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.347 pp. 131289
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
agricultural land; carbon; carbon footprint; conventional tillage; corn; crop yield; electric power; farm income; no-tillage; urea; water use efficiency; water utilization; wheat; China
Abstract:
... Improving agro-resource utilization efficiency is essential for developing an environment-friendly agricultural system. The North China Plain (NCP), China's most important food-producing area, is facing severe resource constraints, such as low carbon and water efficiency. Although there have been many studies on single topic, little is known about the comprehensive assessment of carbon and water u ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131289

19. Comprehensive environmental impact assessment for designing carbon-cum-energy efficient, cleaner and eco-friendly production system for rice-fallow agro-ecosystems of South Asia

Author:
Rakesh Kumar; Janki Sharan Mishra; Santosh Sambhaji Mali; Surajit Mondal; Ram Swaroop Meena; Rattan Lal; Bal Krishna Jha; Sushanta Kumar Naik; Ashis Kumar Biswas; Hansraj Hans; Prem Kumar Sundaram; Arbind Kumar Choudhary; Mohammad Monobrullah; Sanjeev Kumar; Santosh Kumar; Rohan Kumar Raman; Bhagwati Prasad Bhatt; Ujjwal Kumar
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.331 pp. 129973
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
Brassica juncea; Carthamus tinctorius; Cicer arietinum; Lens culinaris; Linum usitatissimum; Oryza sativa; agroecosystems; carbon; carbon footprint; chickpeas; conventional tillage; crop residues; direct seeding; energy; environmental assessment; lentils; linseed; plant establishment; pollution; rice; winter; India
Abstract:
... High energy consumption and carbon emission are the major components of environmental pollution. Reducing carbon-footprints and improving energy use efficiency in rice (Oryza sativa L.) - fallow production systems of South Asia is a great challenge. The present experiment was conducted for five consecutive years (2016–2020) with an aim to design the most carbon-cum-energy efficient, cleaner/safer ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129973

20. Conservation Agricultural Practices Impact on Soil Organic Carbon, Soil Aggregation and Greenhouse Gas Emission in a Vertisol

Author:
Somasundaram Jayaraman; Meenakshi Sahu; Nishant K. Sinha; Monoranjan Mohanty; Ranjeet S. Chaudhary; Brijesh Yadav; Lalit K. Srivastava; Kuntal M. Hati; Ashok K. Patra; Ram C. Dalal
Source:
Agriculture (Basel) 2022 v.12 no.7 pp. -
ISSN:
2077-0472
Subject:
Vertisols; agricultural conservation practice; agriculture; carbon dioxide; clay; conventional tillage; corn; crop residues; disturbed soils; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; pigeon peas; silt; soil aggregation; soil organic carbon; soil quality; soil structure; soybeans; India
Abstract:
... Conservation agriculture (CA), comprising of minimum soil disturbance and crop residue retention (>30%), with a diversified cropping system, has become increasingly popular around the world. It is recognized as a sustainable practice to improve soil health by augmenting key soil properties. However, scanty information exists about the effect of CA practices on soil organic carbon (SOC), aggregatio ...
DOI:
10.3390/agriculture12071004

21. Conservation agricultural practices for minimizing ammonia volatilization and maximizing wheat productivity

Author:
Kumar Anurag Bhaskar; Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi; Mahesh Meena; Vijay Singh Meena; Sapna Langyan; Manoj Shrivastava; Riyaz Zafar Sayyed; Hesham A El-Enshasy; Bandar Mohsin Ahmed Almunqedhi; Renu Singh
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2022 v.29 no.7 pp. 9792-9804
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
agricultural conservation practice; ammonia; band placement; conservation tillage; conventional tillage; irrigation; nitrogen; nitrogen fertilizers; pollution; research; sustainable agriculture; urea; volatilization; wheat
Abstract:
... A large amount of ammonia volatilization from the agricultural system causes environmental problems and increases production costs. Conservation agriculture has emerged as an alternate and sustainable crop production system. Therefore, in the present study, ammonia losses from different agricultural practices were evaluated for the wheat crop under different tillage practices. The results of the p ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-021-16370-4

22. Conservation agriculture effects on yield and profitability of rice-based systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain

Author:
Md. Ariful Islam; Richard W. Bell; Chris Johansen; M. Jahiruddin; Md. Enamul Haque; Wendy Vance
Source:
Experimental agriculture 2022 v.58 pp. e33
ISSN:
1469-4441
Subject:
agricultural conservation practice; agriculture; beans; conventional tillage; crop residues; crop rotation; dry season; experimental design; farms; income; lentils; minimum tillage; plant establishment; rice; soil fertility; soil water content; wheat; Bangladesh; Indo-Gangetic Plain
Abstract:
... Sustaining productivity of the rice-based cropping systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain (EIGP) requires practices to reverse declining soil fertility resulting from excessive tillage and crop residue removal, while decreasing production costs and increasing farm profits. We hypothesize that the adoption of conservation agriculture (CA), involving minimum tillage, crop residue retention and c ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0014479722000291

23. Conservation agriculture for increasing productivity, profitability and water productivity in rice-wheat system of the Eastern Gangetic Plain

Author:
Shikha Thapa Magar; Jagadish Timsina; Krishna Prasad Devkota; Liang Weili; Neeranjan Rajbhandari
Source:
Environmental challenges 2022 v.7 pp. 100468
ISSN:
2667-0100
Subject:
agricultural conservation practice; climate; conventional tillage; direct seeding; energy; farms; food security; integrated weed management; irrigation; irrigation water; issues and policy; labor productivity; no-tillage; plant establishment; rice; weeds; wheat; Nepal
Abstract:
... There are increasing concerns about the negative effects of conventional tillage (CT), extreme climate events, increased weed incidence, and reduced availability of farm inputs on crop yield and yield stability, profitability, and water productivity in rice-wheat (R−W) systems of the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) in South Asia. Conservation agriculture (CA)-based tillage practices have been propos ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envc.2022.100468

24. Conservation agriculture improves agronomic, economic, and soil fertility indicators for a clay soil in a rainfed Mediterranean climate in Morocco

Author:
Mina Devkota; Krishna Prasad Devkota; Shiv Kumar
Source:
Agricultural systems 2022 v.201 pp. 103470
ISSN:
0308-521X
Subject:
Mediterranean climate; agricultural conservation practice; barley; chickpeas; clay soils; conventional tillage; crop rotation; decision support systems; exchangeable potassium; field experimentation; food security; grain yield; lentils; long term effects; phosphorus; profitability; rain; reduced tillage; soil fertility; soil organic matter; soil water; temperature; water use efficiency; wheat; Morocco
Abstract:
... Declining rainfall with increasing variability, increasing temperature extremes, and declining soil fertility are threatening crop production and ultimately food security in the rainfed Mediterranean environment in Morocco. Conservation agriculture (CA) practices such as reduced tillage, soil cover, and appropriate crop rotation are recognized as a set of adaptive agricultural systems in such clim ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103470

25. Conservation agriculture influences crop yield, soil carbon content and nutrient availability in the rice–wheat system of north-west India

Author:
Parveen Kumar; Ajay Kumar Mishra; Suresh Kumar Chaudhari; Rakesh Singh; Kailash Yadav; Poornima Rai; Dinesh Kumar Sharma
Source:
Soil research 2022 v.60 no.6 pp. 624-635
ISSN:
1838-675X
Subject:
agricultural conservation practice; conventional tillage; crop residue management; crop yield; decline; direct seeding; greenhouse gases; no-tillage; nutrient availability; research; rice; soil depth; soil organic carbon; soil quality; wheat; India
Abstract:
... Context Tillage-based agriculture has led to soil health deterioration and decline in crop productivity. Recently, zero tillage (ZT) and crop residue management has emerged as an alternative to conventional tillage. Methods This experiment was done in north-west India over 3years, with four treatments: (1) conventional transplanted puddle rice (TPR)+conventional tillage wheat (CTW) with 1/3 of whe ...
DOI:
10.1071/SR21121

26. Conservation agriculture practice influences soil organic carbon pools in intensive rice‐based systems of the Eastern Indo‐Gangetic Plain

Author:
Md. Ariful Islam; Richard W. Bell; Chris Johansen; M. Jahiruddin; Md. Enamul Haque; Wendy Vance
Source:
Soil use and management 2022 v.38 no.2 pp. 1217-1236
ISSN:
0266-0032
Subject:
administrative management; agricultural conservation practice; annuals; carbon dioxide; conventional tillage; crop residues; soil; soil organic carbon; soil quality; Bangladesh; Indo-Gangetic Plain
Abstract:
... Studies of rice‐based systems in the Indo‐Gangetic Plain (IGP) have demonstrated the beneficial effects of Conservation Agriculture on soil organic carbon (SOC) status, along with increased soil health and crop productivity. However, it remains unclear as to the time for such treatments to have a positive effect. In this study of lentil‐mung bean‐rice and wheat‐mung‐rice rotations in Bangladesh po ...
DOI:
10.1111/sum.12798

27. Conservation agriculture practices drive maize yield by regulating soil nutrient availability, arbuscular mycorrhizas, and plant nutrient uptake

Author:
Blessing Mhlanga; Elisa Pellegrino; Christian Thierfelder; Laura Ercoli
Source:
Field crops research 2022 v.277 pp. 108403
ISSN:
0378-4290
Subject:
agricultural conservation practice; agroecology; clay soils; conventional tillage; corn; crop diversification; crop residues; equations; grain yield; mulches; mulching; no-tillage; nutrient availability; nutrient uptake; phosphorus; research; sandy soils; soil nutrients; soil organic carbon; total nitrogen; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Southern Africa
Abstract:
... Conservation agriculture (CA) can sustainably increase crop productivity through improved soil chemical, physical, and biological properties, among others. However, the implementation of all its three main components (i.e., no-tillage, organic soil cover/mulch, and crop diversification) in southern Africa is often challenging, resulting in variable yield responses. Disentangling the contributions ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108403

28. Conservation and Conventional Vegetable Cultivation Increase Soil Organic Matter and Nutrients in the Ethiopian Highlands

Author:
Sisay A. Belay; Tewodros T. Assefa; Abeyou W. Worqlul; Tammo S. Steenhuis; Petra Schmitter; Manuel R. Reyes; P. V. Vara Prasad; Seifu A. Tilahun
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.3 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
agricultural conservation practice; animal manures; conventional tillage; crop residues; hay; highlands; irrigation; monsoon season; nutrient content; phosphorus; soil; soil fertility; soil organic matter; soil quality; total nitrogen; vegetable growing; vegetables; water; Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract:
... Agriculture in Africa is adversely affected by the loss of soil fertility. Conservation agriculture (CA) was introduced to curb the loss of soil fertility and water shortages and improve crop productivity. However, information on how CA practices enhance soil quality and nutrients is scarce in the sub-Saharan Africa context. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of CA and conv ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14030476

29. Conservation practices modify soil phosphorus sorption properties and the composition of dissolved phosphorus losses during runoff

Author:
Xuemei Chen; Wen Zhang; Gérard Gruau; Ewan Couic; Patrice Cotinet; Qingman Li
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 v.220 pp. 105353
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
bioavailability; conventional tillage; dissolved phosphorus; eutrophication; molybdates; no-tillage; phosphorus; pig manure; poultry manure; research; risk; risk assessment; runoff; soil; soluble phosphorus; sorption; surface water; swine
Abstract:
... It is well established that shallow tillage (ST) and no-tillage (NT) of cultivated soils can have higher risk of dissolved phosphorus (P) loss during runoff than conventional tillage (CT). However, quantitative descriptors of how differences in tillage practices influence soil P sorption properties and how these properties in turn influence dissolved P loss remain lacking. Moreover, the influence ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105353

30. Conservation systems change soil resistance to compaction caused by mechanised harvesting

Author:
Wellingthon da Silva Guimarães Júnnyor; Isabella Clerici De Maria; Cezar Francisco Araujo-Junior; Etienne Diserens; Eduardo da Costa Severiano; Camila Viana Vieira Farhate; Zigomar Menezes de Souza
Source:
Industrial crops and products 2022 v.177 pp. 114532
ISSN:
0926-6690
Subject:
conventional tillage; cover crops; crop rotation; disturbed soils; harvest date; mechanization; minimum tillage; models; pasture management; peanuts; soil compaction; soil quality; soil structure; soil water; subsoilers; sugarcane; traffic
Abstract:
... Soil compaction in sugarcane plantation has increased in recent times due to intense mechanization of the production process and the increasing axle load of the machines. As such, there are need to evolve conservation systems which will minimize soil disturbance in sugarcane production thereby preventing soil structure degradation and maintain the soil quality, using appropriate compaction models. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.114532

31. Conservation tillage facilitated soil carbon sequestration through diversified carbon conversions

Author:
Kun Zhu; Hongyu Ran; Feifei Wang; Xin Ye; Lingan Niu; Rainer Schulin; Gang Wang
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2022 v.337 pp. 108080
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
agricultural soils; agriculture; carbon sequestration; climate change; conventional tillage; cropland; environment; lignin; no-tillage; particulate organic carbon; polysaccharides; soil quality; straw
Abstract:
... The organic carbon content of soil (SOC) is a key factor for soil health and in climate change. Both tillage practice and straw returns influence the SOC pool. However, their comprehensive impacts on SOC sequestration remain largely unknown. We quantified SOC characteristics, including different labile fractions of soil carbons, and chemical compositions of SOC in cropland soil under long-term (19 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2022.108080

32. Conservation tillage improves soil water storage, spring maize (Zea mays L.) yield and WUE in two types of seasonal rainfall distributions

Author:
Qi Zhang; Shulan Wang; Yuanguang Sun; Yuanhong Zhang; Haoyu Li; Pengzhao Liu; Xiaoli Wang; Rui Wang; Jun Li
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 v.215 pp. 105237
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
Zea mays; conventional tillage; corn; dry matter accumulation; no-tillage; rain; research; soil depth; soil water; soil water storage; water storage; water stress; water use efficiency; China
Abstract:
... Variations in the rainfall distribution during the growing season are a major limiting factor restricting the spring maize yield on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China. Conservation tillage can improve yield and water use efficiency but the specific effects of conservation tillage with differing rainfall distributions during the growing season remain unclear. Therefore, a 12-year experiment was co ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2021.105237

33. Conservation tillage improves the yield of summer maize by regulating soil water, photosynthesis and inferior kernel grain filling on the semiarid Loess Plateau, China

Author:
Zhen Wang; Jun Sun; Yadan Du; Wenquan Niu
Source:
Journal of the science of food and agriculture 2022 v.102 no.6 pp. 2330-2341
ISSN:
0022-5142
Subject:
Zea mays; agriculture; carbon dioxide; chlorophyll; conventional tillage; corn; dry matter accumulation; evapotranspiration; field experimentation; grain yield; photosynthesis; reduced tillage; root systems; seeds; soil water; soil water content; stomatal conductance; straw; China
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Poor inferior kernel grain filling is a challenge that limits summer maize yield. The effect and mechanism of conservation tillage on improving grain filling of inferior kernel in semi‐arid rained areas remain uncertain and there has been little research on tillage management integrated with straw mulching to improve soil water content and photosynthesis in the Loess Plateau region. A ...
DOI:
10.1002/jsfa.11571

34. Conservation tillage regulates the assembly, network structure and ecological function of the soil bacterial community in black soils

Author:
Zhuxiu Liu; Haidong Gu; Aizhen Liang; Lujun Li; Qin Yao; Yanxia Xu; Junjie Liu; Jian Jin; Xiaobing Liu; Guanghua Wang
Source:
Plant and soil 2022 v.472 no.1-2 pp. 207-223
ISSN:
0032-079X
Subject:
Blastococcus; Bradyrhizobium; Burkholderia; Mesorhizobium; Nitrosospira; Sphingomonas; Streptomyces; bacterial communities; biomarkers; carbon sequestration; conventional tillage; ecological function; nitrification; nitrogen fixation; no-tillage; rhizosphere; ridge tillage; soil bacteria; soil pH
Abstract:
... AIMS: Traditional tillage represents a serious threat to the stability of soil ecosystems. Understanding the response mechanisms of soil microbial community assembly to different tillage practices is a major topic of soil ecological research. METHODS: Here, we investigated the bacterial community structures and assembly in bulk and rhizosphere soils of soybeans grown under traditional tillage (mol ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11104-021-05219-x

35. Conventional tillage combined with residue removal reduces growing-season methane emissions in flooded paddy (Oryza sativa L. subsp. japonica Kato) fields

Author:
Jiayu Deng; Gang Wang; Yingcan Zhu; Deyi Zhou; Lingling Zhou; Hongfang Yuan; Dongyan Huang; Honglei Jia
Source:
European journal of agronomy 2022 v.140 pp. 126612
ISSN:
1161-0301
Subject:
Oryza sativa; agronomy; conventional tillage; enzyme activity; fluorescein diacetate; growing season; methane; methanogens; methanotrophs; nitrogen content; organic carbon; oxidoreductases; paddies; redox potential; reduced tillage; soil; soil enzymes; urease
Abstract:
... Paddy (Oryza sativa L. subsp. japonica Kato) fields are one of the largest anthropogenic methane (CH₄) sources, owing to the lack of relatively long-term scientific monitoring for paddy fields, the effects of long-term tillage and residue management on growing-season CH₄ emissions remain unclear. Therefore, four treatments of different farmland managements were established to investigate growing-s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.eja.2022.126612

36. Corn productivity and soil characteristic alterations following transition from conventional to conservation tillage

Author:
Reza Keshavarz Afshar; Perry Cabot; James A. Ippolito; Majid Dekamin; Bryan Reed; Hunter Doyle; Jim Fry
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 v.220 pp. 105351
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
Zea mays; aggregate stability; agroecosystems; available water capacity; bulk density; conventional tillage; corn; disturbed soils; economic analysis; grain yield; no-tillage; reduced tillage; research; saturated hydraulic conductivity; soil pH; strip tillage; total organic carbon
Abstract:
... Compared to conventional tillage (CT) system (e.g. moldboard plowing (Moldboard-CT) and chisel plowing (Chisel-CT)) adoption rate of conservation tillage systems (e.g. no-till (NT) and strip-till (ST)) in surface- irrigated farms is considerably low. A three-year field study was conducted to evaluate corn (Zea mays L) productivity in four tillage systems ranging in intensity of soil disturbance (i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105351

37. Cover cropping and conservation tillage improve soil health in the southeastern United States

Author:
Bhupinder S. Farmaha; Udayakumar Sekaran; Alan J. Franzluebbers
Source:
Agronomy journal 2022 v.114 no.1 pp. 296-316
ISSN:
0002-1962
Subject:
Hordeum vulgare; Triticum aestivum; Zea mays; agronomy; barley; coastal plains; conventional tillage; corn; landscapes; piedmont; soil nutrients; soil organic carbon; soil quality; wheat; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Virginia
Abstract:
... Conservation agricultural systems have a long history of development and use in the southeastern United States, but they are still not the norm on the landscape. Literature from the region suggests that a diversity of soil properties can be improved with cover cropping and conservation tillage, but results are not always consistent. Our objectives were to (a) review recent research on conservation ...
DOI:
10.1002/agj2.20865

38. Cover crops and preemergence herbicides: An integrated approach for weed management in corn-soybean systems in the US Midwest

Author:
Kolby R. Grint; Nicholas J. Arneson; Francisco Arriaga; Ryan DeWerff; Maxwel Oliveira; Daniel H. Smith; David E. Stoltenberg; Rodrigo Werle
Source:
Frontiers in agronomy 2022 v.4 pp. -
ISSN:
2673-3218
Subject:
agronomy; biomass production; cash crops; conventional tillage; corn; cover crop termination; cover crops; crop yield; herbicide application; herbicides; no-tillage; overwintering; rye; selection pressure; soybeans; spring; weed control; weeds; Wisconsin
Abstract:
... Adoption of a fall established, high biomass cereal rye cover crop has potential to diversify weed management in corn and soybean production systems, reducing the selection pressure for resistance to postemergence herbicides. However, farmers and crop consultants express concern about limited weed suppression from an overwintering cover crop in areas where high biomass production is limited by coo ...
DOI:
10.3389/fagro.2022.888349

39. Crop residues in corn-wheat rotation in a semi-arid region increase CO2 efflux under conventional tillage but not in a no-tillage system

Author:
Morad Mirzaei; Manouchehr Gorji Anari; Ehsan Razavy-Toosi; Mohammad Zaman; Nermina Saronjic; Seyed Morteza Zamir; Safwan Mohammed; Andrés Caballero-Calvo
Source:
Pedobiologia 2022 v.93-94 pp. 150819
ISSN:
0031-4056
Subject:
carbon dioxide; climate change; conventional tillage; crop residues; greenhouse gases; microbial carbon; no-tillage; semiarid zones; soil degradation; soil temperature
Abstract:
... Appropriate management of crop residue plays a key role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. However, it has been inadequately implemented in general agricultural management practices. In a field investigation using static chambers, we evaluated the effects of crop residue at three different rates - 100 % (R₁₀₀), 50 % (R₅₀), and residue removal (R₀) - on carbon dioxide (CO₂) efflux. The field s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.pedobi.2022.150819

40. Crop yield response to long-term reduced tillage in a conventional and organic farming system on a sandy loam soil

Author:
Derk Johannes Maria van Balen; Fogelina Cuperus; Wiepkje Korneliske Haagsma; Johannes Jan de Haan; Wim van den Berg; Wijnand Sukkel
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 pp. 105553
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
Allium cepa; Beta vulgaris; Daucus carota subsp. sativus; Solanum tuberosum; cabbage; carrots; controlled traffic systems; conventional tillage; cover crops; crop residue management; crop yield; field experimentation; onions; potatoes; reduced tillage; research; sandy loam soils; seedbed preparation; subsoiling; sugar beet; Netherlands
Abstract:
... This paper describes the long-term effects of practicing ten years reduced tillage on crop yields in a conventional and organic farming system context. Data were collected from the BASIS field experiment, which was established in the Netherlands in 2009 to investigate the effects of reduced tillage on crop yield and soil properties in a controlled traffic farming system on a sandy loam soil. The e ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105553

41. Declines in soil carbon storage under no tillage can be alleviated in the long run

Author:
Andong Cai; Tianfu Han; Tianjing Ren; Jonathan Sanderman; Yichao Rui; Bin Wang; Pete Smith; Minggang Xu; Yu'e Li
Source:
Geoderma 2022 v.425 pp. 116028
ISSN:
0016-7061
Subject:
carbon dioxide; carbon sequestration; climate change; conventional tillage; meta-analysis; no-tillage; soil organic carbon; soil profiles; subsurface soil layers
Abstract:
... Improved management of agricultural soils plays a critical role in mitigating climate change. We studied the temporal effects of the adoption of no-tillage (NT) management, often touted as an important carbon sequestration strategy, on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in surface and subsurface soil layers by performing a meta-analysis of 1061 pairs of published experimental data comparing NT and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116028

42. Deep tillage and irrigation impacts on crop productivity of wheat in north-west India

Author:
Jeevanjot Dhaliwal; M.S. Kahlon; S.S. Kukal
Source:
Journal of soil and water conservation in India 2022 v.21 no.1 pp. 41-48
ISSN:
2455-7145
Subject:
aboveground biomass; conventional tillage; deep tillage; evaporation; grain yield; irrigation management; irrigation water; resistance to penetration; root growth; water conservation; wheat; India
Abstract:
... The coarse textured soils of the northwest India which are under rice-wheat cropping system are prone to subsurface compaction thereby restricts the root growth of wheat crop. A two year field (2016–17 and 2017–18) experiment was carried out to study the impact of deep tillage and irrigation regimes on productivity of wheat. The irrigation regimes were based on irrigation water to pan evaporation ...
DOI:
10.5958/2455-7145.2022.00005.4

43. Detection of bare soils in sugarcane areas by temporal satellite images: A monitoring technique for soil security

Author:
Lucas Rabelo Campos; José A.M. Demattê; Henrique Bellinaso; Raul Roberto Poppiel; Lucas T. Greschuk; Rodnei Rizzo; Nícolas Augusto Rosin; Jorge Tadeu Fim Rosas
Source:
Soil security 2022 v.7 pp. 100057
ISSN:
2667-0062
Subject:
Acrisols; Arenosols; Landsat; Lixisols; clay; conventional tillage; dry season; politics; remote sensing; sugarcane; wet season; Brazil
Abstract:
... Bare soil triggers several undesirable processes for its quality and remote sensing can be a powerful tool to monitoring its occurrence. This work aims to apply multi-temporal satellite image techniques to detect bare soil areas under sugarcane cultivation and relate with soil security. The study was carried out in an area of 2,574 km² located in Brazil. The MapBiomas land use and cover collection ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100057

44. Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions under conventional, organic, and conservation agriculture

Author:
Mariela H. Fuentes-Ponce; Jonatán Gutiérrez-Díaz; Antonio Flores-Macías; Emmanuel González-Ortega; Alejandro Ponce Mendoza; Luis Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez; Ivan Novotny; Iván Pável Moreno Espíndola
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2022 v.340 pp. 108148
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
Vicia; agricultural conservation practice; agriculture; agroecosystems; biomass; carbon; carbon dioxide; conventional tillage; corn; environment; farms; fuels; greenhouse gases; herbicides; methane; mineralization; nitrous oxide; oats; reduced tillage; sheep manure; soil
Abstract:
... Farm activities contribute to approximately one-third of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Most of the GHG in the atmosphere comes from carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O). The main objective of this research is to investigate direct and indirect GHG emission in five different agroecosystems, contrasted by tillage agricultural, farm practices (oat and maize-fava and vetch).C ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2022.108148

45. Distribution pattern of rainwater in soil under vertical deep rotary tillage in dryland farmland

Author:
Jianjun Yang; Weijun Tan; Jingren Han; Feng-Min Li; Feng Zhang
Source:
Agricultural water management 2022 v.273 pp. 107891
ISSN:
0378-3774
Subject:
agricultural land; arid lands; conventional tillage; drought; equations; potatoes; preferential flow; rain; rainfall simulation; rainfed farming; rotary tillage; soil density; soil profiles; soil water; soil water storage; water distribution; water storage
Abstract:
... In semi-arid areas, drought is the main limiting factor for rainfed agriculture. Vertical rotary subsoiling (VRT) has been shown to effectively increase soil water storage and so allow crops to resist seasonal drought. However, there is a lack of reports on the infiltration path and distribution pattern of rainwater in soil under VRT practice. The present study used simulated rainfall and visualiz ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107891

46. Do fallow in the off-season and crop succession promote differences in soil aggregation in no-tillage systems?

Author:
Mariele Monique Honorato Fernandes; Anderson Prates Coelho; Matheus Flavio da Silva; Carolina Fernandes
Source:
Geoderma 2022 v.412 pp. 115725
ISSN:
0016-7061
Subject:
aggregate stability; agricultural conservation practice; conventional tillage; corn; crop rotation; fallow; forest land; grasses; hemp; land use; legumes; no-tillage; particulate organic carbon; soil aggregation; soil conservation; Brazil
Abstract:
... The no-tillage (NT) system is an agricultural practice that stands out the most within conservation agriculture. Conservation agriculture is based on three principles: soil tillage that is limited to the sowing row, crop rotation, and soil surface cover throughout the year (>30%). Despite these principles, the maintenance of soil cover throughout the year and crop rotation are commonly neglected, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115725

47. Does conservation tillage on partially reclaimed sodic soil restore land degradation by influencing boron dynamics, bioavailability for plant's uptake and nutritional security?

Author:
Sunil Kumar Jha; Vinay Kumar Mishra; Thukkaram Damodaran; Atul Kumar Singh; Yash Pal Singh; Dinesh Kumar Sharma
Source:
Land degradation & development 2022 v.33 no.8 pp. 1260-1268
ISSN:
1085-3278
Subject:
World Health Organization; average daily intake; bioavailability; boron; clay; conventional tillage; crop residues; field experimentation; food intake; food security; humans; land degradation; no-tillage; nutritive value; pH; reduced tillage; rice; sodic soils; wheat
Abstract:
... Boron (B) is nutritionally important for plants, humans and animals but its deficiency in soil and plants has become a global problem and may affect the nutritional quality of food. The widespread crop residue (CR) burning on farms is another environmental and land degradation problem, causing ecological threats to agriculture. Addressing these issues, a field experiment was initiated for B restor ...
DOI:
10.1002/ldr.4206

48. Does the duration of no-till implementation influence depth distribution of soil organic carbon, hydro-physical properties, and computed tomography-derived macropore characteristics?

Author:
Poulamee Chakraborty; Navdeep Singh; Sangeeta Bansal; Udayakumar Sekaran; Peter Sexton; Anthony Bly; Stephen H. Anderson; Sandeep Kumar
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 v.222 pp. 105426
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
Haplustolls; X-radiation; conventional tillage; no-tillage; plant available water; research; silty clay loam soils; soil organic carbon; soil profiles; soil water retention; total nitrogen
Abstract:
... No-till (NT) is a sustainable alternative to conventional-till (CT), however, the impacts of NT and its duration on the depth distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC), physical and hydrological parameters are less studied. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the changes in soil hydro-physical properties and X-ray computed tomography (XCT)-derived macropore characteristics to a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105426

49. Double no-till and rice straw retention in terraced sloping lands improves water content, soil health and productivity of lentil in Himalayan foothills

Author:
Jayanta Layek; Anup Das; Probir Kumar Ghosh; Krishnappa Rangappa; Rattan Lal; Ramkrushna Gandhiji Idapuganti; Chaitanya Prasad Nath; Utpal Dey
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2022 v.221 pp. 105381
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
Lens; Oryza sativa; conventional tillage; infiltration rate; irrigation; lentils; microbial carbon; mulches; nitrogen; no-tillage; oxidoreductases; phosphorus; research; rice; rice straw; soil depth; soil organic carbon; soil quality; soil water; soil water content; stubble; terracing; water content
Abstract:
... Designing suitable conservation tillage and rice straw management practices are vital to conserve limited soil water in sloping terraced lands for growing a second crop like lentil (Lens esculentum L.) after rice (Oryza sativa L.). A field study was conducted to evaluate the effects of tillage, rice straw management and supplemental irrigation on soil physico-chemical properties and productivity o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2022.105381

50. Early sowing can boost grain production by reducing weed infestation in organic no‐till wheat

Author:
Rosolino Ingraffia; Gaetano Amato; Paolo Ruisi; Dario Giambalvo; Alfonso S Frenda
Source:
Journal of the science of food and agriculture 2022 v.102 no.14 pp. 6246-6254
ISSN:
0022-5142
Subject:
agriculture; agroecology; biomass; conventional tillage; crop rotation; crop-weed competition; field experimentation; flora; genotype; grain yield; landraces; management systems; no-tillage; protein content; weeds; wheat
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Conservative tillage techniques have several agro‐ecological benefits for organic farming. The application of these techniques, however, can create quite a few challenges due to the increased weed competition. Here, we report the results of an organic field experiment in which the responses of wheat and weeds to no tillage (NT) were evaluated compared with conventional tillage (CT). We ...
DOI:
10.1002/jsfa.11973