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... 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 ...
subsoiling, etc ; cutting; measuring devices; rice; soil; straw; stubble; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Straw incorporation into the soil can effectively solve the problem of extra harvested crop residues on the surface. However, due to the lack of research on the spatial distribution effects of straw in the soil after incorporation, it is difficult to evaluate the actual straw incorporation effects of tillage tools. In this study, straw incorporation experiments were conducted via three types of ti ...
... In this paper, we comprehensively assess the differences in soil and water conservation tillage technology among different districts: Fenyang and Ji county of Shanxi province, Ansai and Jingbian county of Shaanxi province, and Zhenyuan and Jingchuan county in Gansu province. We use survey data of 1237 rural households of the Loess Plateau on their adoption of the core technology of soil and water ...
subsoiling, etc ; chlorophyll; corn; dry matter accumulation; evapotranspiration; harvest index; no-tillage; plastic film; potatoes; rain; rotary tillage; soil water; soil water storage; water management; water use efficiency; China; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Recently, the technology of combining vertical rotary sub-soiling (VRT) with ridge–furrow construction with plastic film mulching system (RFMS) has become a promising solution to improve soil water characteristics and crop yields in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China. However, the effect of this technique on deep soil moisture and rainfall utilization to enhance the crop yield is unclear. To inves ...
subsoiling, etc ; brownfields; coal; mining; modernization; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Operating life of a mine lasts from a few years to several decades. Mine closure occurs once the mineral resource is exhausted, or operations are no longer profitable. Mine closure plans are required by most regulatory agencies worldwide before a mining closure permission is granted, and must demonstrate that the site will not pose a threat to the environment and health of the society in future. T ...
subsoiling, etc ; Glycine max; conservation tillage; conventional tillage; costs and returns; grain yield; silt loam soils; soybeans; water use efficiency; Mississippi; Show all 10 Subjects
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... The adoption of production systems that leave greater than 30% residue coverage on the soil surface, that is, conservation tillage, is limited in the mid‐southern United States due to the development of a hardpan and subsequent yield reductions. This research was conducted to determine if the inclusion of subsoiling in conservation tillage systems can maintain yield and profitability relative to t ...
subsoiling, etc ; Zea mays; corn; furrows; grain yield; meta-analysis; mulching; no-tillage; planting; ridging; sustainable development; water use efficiency; winter wheat; China; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Water deficiency seriously restricts the agricultural production in Northern China. Soil tillage practices can conserve water and increase yield effectively, but the regional applicability of soil tillage practices has not been systematically studied so far. It is significant to study the regional characteristics of tillage practices on water-conserving and yield-increasing so that the optimal pra ...
subsoiling, etc ; absorption; biomimetics; crop yield; disturbed soils; energy; field experimentation; friction; minimum tillage; nutrients; plow pans; plows; sharks; soil compaction; soil water; subsoilers; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Due to the increasingly severe soil compaction and plough pan thickening prevalent in agricultural practice, an increase in operating energy consumption and a decrease in crop growth has been observed. This paper aims to solve the problem of heavy tillage resistance by using riblet structures extracted from shark scales in the design a biomimetic shark-inspired (BioS) subsoiler. To produce better ...
subsoiling, etc ; aquatic ecosystems; bulk density; canopy; coasts; forest management; forest regeneration; forests; kinetic energy; land management; runoff; sediments; throughfall; topographic slope; wildfires; wood; California; Show all 17 Subjects
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... High severity wildfires impact hillslope processes, including infiltration, runoff, erosion, and sediment delivery to streams. Wildfire effects on these processes can impair vegetation recovery, producing impacts on headwater and downstream water supplies. To promote forest regeneration and maintain forest and aquatic ecosystem functions, land managers often undertake active post‐fire land managem ...
subsoiling, etc ; caves; karsts; limestone; seepage; subsoil; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The karren formation and karren features of bare slopes is studied. The occurrence of various karren features was measured on slopes with different inclination. The occurrence of various karren features on slopes has been presented according to slope inclination values. The slopes were put into slope categories and their karren features were given. Thus, the karren formation of the bare slopes of ...
subsoiling, etc ; Acidobacteria; Firmicutes; Nitrospirae; Planctomycetes; arid lands; biodiversity; field experimentation; nitrogen; no-tillage; nutrient improvement; phosphorus; plows; soil bacteria; soil nutrients; soil organic matter; China; Show all 17 Subjects
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... Conservation tillage can improve the soil nutrient status in drylands. This improvement is partially attributable to changes in the soil bacteria. In this study, we explored the bacterial factors involved in soil nutrients improvement under conservation tillage based on an 8-year in situ field trial. Two conservation tillage methods, no tillage (NT) and subsoiling tillage (ST) were used, and a mol ...
subsoiling, etc ; X-radiation; arid zones; conventional tillage; land degradation; macropores; porosity; soil compaction; soil degradation; soil density; soil organic carbon; soil profiles; water content; China; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Long‐term conventional tillage leads to soil compaction and formation of a plough layer, which affects soil physical properties, transport of water, and growth of crop roots toward deeper soil, resulting in soil degradation and a decline in crop productivity. Long‐term sub‐soiling tillage has proven to be an effective measure for remediating the plough layer and improving the structure and physica ...
subsoiling, etc ; evapotranspiration; forests; groundwater; hydrologic models; phreatophytes; semiarid zones; subsoil; transpiration; trees; water shortages; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Trees in semiarid conditions survive despite water scarcity and shallow soils because they commonly have access to subsoil water resources. Currently, conventional models do not include groundwater transpiration and the results frequently underestimate the actual evapotranspiration and overestimate the net recharge. Therefore, in this work we focus on how a multi-variable calibration with a multi- ...
subsoiling, etc ; bulk density; cotton; data collection; farms; field experimentation; infiltration rate; soil compaction; wheat; India; Show all 10 Subjects
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... A field experiment has been conducted in Cotton-Wheat cropping system for three cropping cycles, wherein we evaluated a total of five treatments (Control, Sub-soiling at 1.0 m, Sub-soiling at 1.5 m, Cross sub-soiling at 1.0 m and Cross sub-soiling at 1.5 m) in complete randomized block design to find out the effect of sub-soiling on the physical properties of soil and root parameters of cotton in ...
subsoiling, etc ; Triticum; carbon; conventional tillage; grain yield; hydrogen; leaves; no-tillage; oxygen; plant available water; rotary tillage; stable isotopes; stems; straw; water uptake; water use efficiency; wheat; Show all 17 Subjects
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... To quantify the water absorbed by wheat in different soil layers and improve both wheat yields and water use efficiency (WUE), a 2-year conservation tillage and straw treatment experiment was implemented. This experiment involved four tillage methods, conventional tillage (C), subsoiling (S), rotary tillage (R), and no-tillage (N), and two straw treatments, straw return (W) and no straw return (0) ...
subsoiling, etc ; clay soils; disturbed soils; model validation; models; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Tine spacing is a key parameter for the design of a subsoiler and has a significant effect on soil disturbance, which is a critical performance indicator of subsoiling. In this study, a subsoiling model was developed using the discrete element method (DEM). A subsoiling experiment was also conducted in a field with a loamy clay soil to serve the model development and model validations. In both the ...
subsoiling, etc ; Glycine max; Raphanus sativus; costs and returns; cover crops; furrow irrigation; grain yield; no-tillage; profitability; radishes; silt loam soils; soybeans; subsoil; water use efficiency; Mississippi; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Mid‐southern U.S. soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] producers are frequently encouraged to adopt no‐tillage systems to capture the associated environmental benefits; however, adoption is minimal due to the need for raised seedbeds for irrigation and drainage purposes. This research was conducted to determine if zone tillage systems, with and without a tillage radish (Raphanus sativus L. var. longip ...
... We aimed to assess the potential of the characterization of association among weed species as a tool to understand weed occurrence for further supporting long-term management programs. After a sequence of summer crops, which included irrigated rice and sorghum, the experimental area was submitted to subsoiling, limestone was applied, and ryegrass was planted in the winter season. Six months later, ...
subsoiling, etc ; agronomy; available water capacity; biochar; composts; cover crops; degradation; diffusion; ecological function; laboratories; markets; mechanization; methodology; paper; perennials; plant health; rhizosphere; root systems; soil erosion; solutions; trees; Show all 21 Subjects
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... The diffusion of tree crops has continuously increased during the last decades all over the world. The market boost has favored the adoption of intensive and highly mechanized cultivation, often triggering the degradation of the soil physical-hydrological qualities, mainly through enhanced soil erosion and compaction. Several papers have been published on soil degradation and restoration strategie ...
subsoiling, etc ; A horizons; B horizons; Formicidae; ant nests; carbon dioxide; carbon sinks; coniferous forests; fauna; forest soils; labile carbon; organic horizons; soil microorganisms; soil separates; temperate forests; temperate soils; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Labile carbon (C) input to soils is expected to affect soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition and soil organic C (SOC) stocks in temperate coniferous forests. We hypothesized that the SOM decomposition rate, C content in soil fractions, and microbial and faunal abundance and activity were increased along the gradient in labile C input around wood ant nests. Three distances from the nest that diff ...