A series of field experiments was conducted at BARI central farm to observe the changes in soil densities, moisture retentive properties, and crop productivity as influenced by different tillage depths and cropping patterns. The tillage depth showed significant effect on wheat yield. Grain yield of wheat significantly increased from 2.86 t/ha (minimum tillage depth) to 5.33 t/ha (tillage depth ...

effects of four primary tillage machines on some properties of potato tubers     m .a ghazavi1, r . a mahmoodieh1* and a. khoddami2   1-assistant professor of agricultural machinery , islamic azad university, khorasgan branch, isfahan, iran.   2- technical assistant of food science and technology, islamic azad university, khorasgan branch, isfahan, iran.     received: accepted:     abstract   w...

Adoption of sustainable tillage can protect soils from biological degradation and maintain soil quality, as compared with conventional management. This paper presents findings from a long-term tillage experiment carried out in Endocalcari-Endohypogleyic Cambisols on a sandy loam soil in Lithuania. The tillage systems were: conventional (CT), moderate (MT), and no tillage (NT). Tillage intensity...

Your tillage system is important to the long-term sustainability of the farm enterprise. Matching a crop tillage system that is suited to your farm resources can provide both economic and environmental benefits. It is important to evaluate your land and determine what options would be appropriate. Several questions have arisen regarding new approaches or options in tillage systems compared to a...

Carbon sequestration in soil has emerged as a technology with significant potential to help stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases at non-threatening levels. Methods are thus needed to evaluate and recommend soil carbon sequestration practices based on their effects on carbon dynamics and environmental quality. There is scientific and practical consensus that simulation models...

Conservation tillage reduces the physical movement of soil to the minimum required for crop establishment and production. When consistently practiced as a soil and crop management system, it greatly reduces soil erosion and is recognized for the potential to improve soil quality and water conservation and plant available water. Adoption of conservation tillage increased dramatically with the ad...

The paper focuses on conservation agriculture (CA), defined as minimal soil disturbance (no-till, NT) and permanent soil cover (mulch) combined with rotations, as a more sustainable cultivation system for the future. Cultivation and tillage play an important role in agriculture. The benefits of tillage in agriculture are explored before introducing conservation tillage (CT), a practice that was...

High residue conservation tillage systems for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production have been proposed as having the potential to be both economically and environmentally sustainable, and research regarding till­ age systems has indicated that several advantages may exist for conservation tillage systems compared to con­ ventional tillage systems. However, adoption of new farming systems on...