The authors showed that a rotary plow deepened the arable layer and destroyed bottom, simultaneously crushed plant residues, green manure crops embedded them in soil upper was active for cultivated plants roots microorganisms, which allowed providing with available nutrients, maintained fertility increased soybeans yield. ( Research purpose ) To determine deepener rotor agrotechnical parameters...

• Tillage intensity increased soil organic C losses and risks of wind water erosion. Occluded POM was more management-sensitive in smaller than larger sized aggregates. Maximizing plant inputs via cropping system type partially mitigated negative tillage effects. Soil disturbance from N management limited mitigating effects system. increases the susceptibility agricultural soils to erosion carb...

Organic agricultural systems are often assumed to be more sustainable than conventional farming, yet there has been little work comparing surface water quality from organic and conventional production, especially under the same cropping sequence. Our objective was to compare nutrient and sediment losses, as well as sweet corn ( L. var. ) yield, from organic and conventional production with conv...

Tillage of arable fields, using for instance a smoothing harrow, may increase the magnitude albedo such soil surfaces depending on location, sun’s illumination and atmospheric components. As these absorb less shortwave radiation compared to plowed soils, result is an cooling positive effect Earth’s climate. This paper follow-on previous study aimed at quantifying seasonal dynamics net reflected...

Soil quality indicators and nematode abundance were characterized in a loessial soil under long-term conservation tillage to evaluate the effects of no-till, double-disk, chisel, and moldboard plow treatments. Indicators included soil electrical conductivity (EC), soil texture, soil organic matter (SOM), and total particulate organic matter (tPOM). Nematode abundance was positively correlated w...