Conventional seedbed preparation for spring sown crops in Sweden includes 3±4 harrowings followed by sowing, but there is a great interest among farmers to reduce this tillage. Since the soil is normally at ®eld capacity after winter, the conventional system implies a major risk of soil compaction and the farmer has to wait for the soil to dry before seedbed preparation can be started. A new te...

Karlsson. A. 1996. Site vrevaration of abandoned fields and earlv establishment of naturallv and direct-seeded birch in Sweden. Studia Forestalia Suecica 199, 25 pp. ISSN 0039-3150, ~ S B N 91-576-5152-3. Field experiments were carried out at four sites in Sweden to investigate the possibility of establishing downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) and silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) on abandon...

this study carried out to evaluate the effect of different tillage systems on rapeseed yield (hayola 401) planted in corn residues. this experiment was done in moghan region with clay soils during 2009-2012. different seedbed preparation methods include mt: moldboard + disk tillage (conventional tillage was included), sct: stem crusher + chisel + disk tandem harrow, stt: stem crusher + double-d...

Regeneration of many late-successional tree species depends on specialized safe sites. The primary objective was to investigate the roles of seedbed and moisture retention as dimensions of safe sites for the early regeneration of drought-sensitive northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). We hypothesized that rates of germination, survival, and growth of T. occidentalis are unlikely to differ ...