Agricultural tractor drivers’ health preservation and comfort represent important aspects of the evolution agricultural machinery led to development devices aimed at improving working conditions, such as soundproof cab driver seat suspension, nowadays commonly adopted in tractors. The vibrations are one factors mostly affecting resulting from characteristics interaction specific tractor’s parts...

Rotational tillage could be an advisable attempt to overcome some of the adverse impacts mono conservation tillage, and it is necessary assess feasibility adoption rotational for sustaining productivity in long run. Data from 8-year site-specific field study conducted on Loess Plateau were used estimate long-term effect soil water dynamic, properties winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) producti...

Soil structural quality in areas under a no-tillage system is altered after successive crops, where compaction recurrent problem. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect different forms soil decompaction on maize grain production. A randomized split-plot block design with four replications used, 5 × 3 2 factorial arrangement, consisting five mechanical decompaction: ripping depth...

Our study aimed to provide a scientific basis for an appropriate tillage management of wheat-maize rotation system, which is beneficial the sustainable development agriculture in fluvo-aquic soil areas China. Four treatments were investigated after maize harvest, including rotary with straw returning (RT), deep ploughing (DP), subsoiling (SS), and no mulching (NT). We evaluated organic carbon (...

In a view of the predicted drought that has appeared in recent years and water shortage growing season, which is getting worse every year, problem retention soil increasing its humidity becomes exceptional importance. The field experiment was carried out 2009–2012 on grey brown podzolic developed from loess formations covering cretaceous marls with granulometric composition corresponding to med...

Water shortage is a serious threat to agriculture production in the North China Plain. Sustainable management practices can improve water use efficiency of winter wheat, but currently no academic consensus has been reached. Therefore, we performed meta-analysis that included 2194 observations from 209 articles assess wheat this area. The groundwater provides for 34%–37% evapotranspiration, whic...

Papers published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions are under open-access review for the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Abstract The traditional tillage implement, the Maresha plow, and the tillage systems that require repeated and cross plowing have caused poor rainfall partitioning, land degradation and hence low water productivity in Ethiopia. Conservation tillag...

In sandy soils of the southeastern USA coastal plains, crop production is limited by low water holding capacity and compacted soil layers that reduce root growth and productivity. Polyacrylamide (PAM) was added to sandy coastal plain soils to improve physical properties and yield. Soils were amended with linear and cross-linked PAMs. Treatments and controls included the following: (1) spraying ...