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Soil Mechanics Through Project-Based Learning, 2018 Project relevance: For construction of roads and embankments, soil material must be compacted to its densest state, which will result in higher soil strength and long-term stability. To obtain the compaction characteristics of soil, engineers conduct a series of laboratory standard compaction tests and then use these data for field compaction.
Gratchev, Ivan +2 more
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Agriculture, 2021 Progressive soil compaction is a disadvantage of intensive tillage. Compaction exerts a negative impact on the physical properties of soil and decreases crop performance.
Krzysztof Orzech +2 more
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Subsoil Compaction: A hidden form of Soil Sealing in Europe [PDF]
, 2001 There are two definitions of ‘soil sealing’: (I) ‘covering (sealing) the soil surface by impervious materials, e.g. concrete, metal, glass, tarmac and plastic’; and (II) ‘changing the nature of the soil such that it behaves as an impermeable medium, e ...
Montanarella, Luca, Jones, Robert J. A.
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Soil compaction and the architectural plasticity of root systems. [PDF]
J Exp Bot, 2019 We present examples of root plasticity in response to soil compaction and discuss their role in plant performance. Subsequently, we propose a plastic ideotype for soil compaction tolerance.
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A Review on the Effect of Soil Compaction and its Management for Sustainable Crop Production
Journal of Biosystems Engineering, 2021 Sustainable crop production could contribute to feed and fuel for the ever-increasing global population. The use of heavy agricultural machinery has improved the efficiency of farming operations and increased global food production since the 1950s.
M. Shaheb, R. Venkatesh, S. Shearer
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Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion
Science, 2021 Ethylene aplenty signals soil compaction It's tough to drive a spade through compacted soil, and plant roots seem to have the same problem when growing in compacted ground. Pandey et al.
B. Pandey +15 more
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Soil compaction raises nitrous oxide emissions in managed agroecosystems. A review
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2022 Nitrous oxide (N2O) is the contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions with the highest warming global potential. It is widely recognised that traffic and animal-induced compaction can lead to an increased potential for N2O emissions by ...
M. Pulido‐Moncada +2 more
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Effects of soil compaction on grain yield of wheat depend on weather conditions.
Science of the Total Environment, 2021 The use of heavy farm machinery has resulted in widespread soil compaction in many regions of the world. Compacted soil limits the access of crops to soil water and nutrients and is expected to reduce crop productivity, but the influence of weather ...
Hui Liu +4 more
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Technology in Agriculture [Working Title], 2021 In modern agriculture, most of the field operations from sowing to harvesting are done mechanically by using heavy agriculture machines. However, the loads from these heavy machines may induce stresses exceeding soil strength causing soil compaction ...
Songül Gürsoy
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Soil Compaction by Valmet Forwarder Operation at Soil Surface with and without Slash
Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2012 Soil compaction by machine used in forest harvesting operation caused negative impacts for regeneration and tree growth. This research was intended to analyze the effectiveness of using slash to decrease soil compaction, to analyze soil compaction at ...
Juang Rata Matangaran
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