SEEDBED CONDITION AFTER DEEP-PLOWING SOLONETZ SOILS

Deep-Plowing Experiment

W hat constitutes “long-term” research may be as apparent as collectable art; although many are quick to identify the plots in Rothamsted-UK, started in 1843, as the gold standard of long-term research. When researchers conduct experiments in reference to a hypothesis that determines treatment application, the test duration usually lapses after a few “climatically representative” years. Mr. O. ...

Soil Properties after Plowing with Vertical and Horizontal Axis Rotavator

Spatial variability and temporal changes in the heavy metal content of soils with a deep furrow-and-ridge microrelief formed by an afforestation plowing

An appropriate sampling method that provides for the representation of the collected material and the reliability of results plays a crucial role in environmental monitoring. This is especially important in soil quality investigations on sites with a differentiated surface microrelief, as in the case of afforested post-arable soils that have a specific, deep furrow-and-ridge microrelief. The pr...

Impact of deep plowing on groundwater recharge in a semiarid region: Case study, High Plains, Texas

[1] Groundwater recharge is critical in semiarid regions where aquifers are currently being mined for intensive irrigation. Land use management related to agriculture can be used to control partitioning of water near the land surface and to potentially manage water resources. The purpose of this study was to quantify impacts of deep plowing in rainfed (nonirrigated) agriculture in a semiarid re...

Synchronized arc routing for snow plowing operations

This paper introduces a synchronized arc routing problem for snow plowing operations. In this problem, routes must be designed in such a way that street segments with two or more lanes in the same direction are plowed simultaneously by different synchronized vehicles. A mixed integer formulation and an adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic are proposed. The performance of the proposed al...