Enhanced soil quality with reduced tillage and solid manures in organic farming - a synthesis of 15 years. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Demands upon the sustainability of farming are increasing in step with climate change and diversity loss. Organic farming offers a viable approach. To further improve organic management, three strategies with potential to enhance soil quality are being ...
Krauss M +5 more
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The biodiversity effect of reduced tillage on soil microbiota. [PDF]
Ambio, 2022 The conversion of natural habitats into farmland has been a leading cause of species loss worldwide. Here, we investigated to what extent less intensive soil disturbance can mitigate this loss. Specifically, we examined whether reduced soil disturbance by tillage in agricultural fields could contribute to soil microbial biodiversity by providing a ...
Frøslev TG +5 more
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Reduced tillage, but not organic matter input, increased nematode diversity and food web stability in European long-term field experiments. [PDF]
Mol Ecol, 2019 Soil nematode communities and food web indices can inform about the complexity, nutrient flows and decomposition pathways of soil food webs, reflecting soil quality.
Bongiorno G +8 more
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Agronomy, 2019 Reduced tillage reduces soil erosion and increases topsoil organic matter compared with conventional tillage. However, yields are often reported to be lower, presumably, due to increased weed pressure and a slower N mineralization under organic farming ...
Merel A.J. Hofmeijer +5 more
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Analysing reduced tillage practices within a bio-economic modelling framework. [PDF]
Agric Syst, 2016 Sustainable Intensification of agricultural production systems will require changes in farm practice. Within arable cropping systems, reducing the intensity of tillage practices (e.g.
Townsend TJ, Ramsden SJ, Wilson P.
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Agricultural mechanization and reduced tillage: antagonism or synergy?
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2019 This paper reviews agricultural mechanization and reduced tillage use in the context of sustainable intensification in developing country agriculture.
Moti Jaleta +3 more
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Reduced-tillage management enhances soil properties and crop yields in a alfalfa-corn rotation: Case study of the Songnen Plain, China. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 The reduced-tillage (Rt) has been proposed as a strategy to improve soil organic carbon and soil total nitrogen pools. However, little is known of the role of the reduced-tillage compared with the organic (Org) and conventional (Con) management in the ...
Chen J, Zhu R, Zhang Q, Kong X, Sun D.
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Impact of agronomy practices on the effects of reduced tillage systems on CH4 and N2O emissions from agricultural fields: A global meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 The effect of no- and reduced tillage (NT/RT) on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission was highly variable and may depend on other agronomy practices. However, how the other practices affect the effect of NT/RT on GHG emission remains elusive.
Feng J +6 more
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Weed Control Using Conventional Tillage, Reduced Tillage, No-Tillage, and Cover Crops in Organic Soybean [PDF]
Agriculture, 2017 Soybean field experiments were performed to investigate the weed-suppressing effects of different tillage systems and cover crop mulches at two locations in southwest Germany during 2014 and 2015. The influence of three different tillage systems on weed control efficacy, soybean plant density, and crop yield was determined.
Jonas Weber +4 more
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Effect of preceding crop on the agronomic and economic performance of durum wheat in the transition from conventional to reduced tillage [PDF]
, 2017 Preceding crop greatly affects the agronomic and economic performance of durum wheat, but its interaction with tillage intensity was scarcely investigated at the early transition from conventional to reduced tillage.
Arduini, Iduna +5 more
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