Tillage practices can regulate soil environmental factors and, thus, affect crop yield. Farmers’ acceptance of this is not high because a lack awareness, in the dryland farming region Longdong Loess Plateau China, due to established use no-till operation. It urgent explore suitable tillage for maize (Zea mays L., Longdan No.8) planting area. The impact on water content, temperature, field consu...

Soil compaction (SC) is a major threat for agriculture in Europe that affects many ecosystem functions, such as water and air circulation soils, root growth, crop production. Our objective was to present the results from five short-term (<5 years) case studies located along north–south east–west gradients conducted within SoilCare project using soil-improving cropping systems (SICSs) mitigat...

Tillage practices can directly affect soil quality, influencing properties, crop growth, and microbial community characteristics. However, the influence of long-term tillage on rhizosphere bacterial in lime concretion black remains largely unknown. In this study, effects nine-year rotary (RT), no-tillage (NT), subsoiling (ST), plow (PT) chemical structure, correlations between communities prope...

In conservation agriculture, tillage potentially influences the physical, chemical, and biological quality of soil. Although effects agriculture on soil’s physical properties have been studied in conventional management systems, studies organic farming especially concerning long-term changes, are scarce. This study summarizes results mechanical soil parameters obtained over initial 10 years dif...

Choosing the appropriate management system is essential for sustainable agricultural practices. Yet, soil-specific properties at subsurface are seldom considered when choosing tillage system. This study assessed effect of depth on physical–hydraulic in three contrasting soil classes establishment perennial crops. Tillage practices were evaluated soils with natural dense layers (Inceptisols and ...

Conservation tillage has received strong support globally to achieve food security and minimize environmental impacts. However, there are comprehensive debates on whether it can the synergy between maintaining crop yields improving soil quality. To this end, a field experiment under continuous maize (Zea mays L.) cropping was conducted in northeast China. The treatment included rotary with stra...

To determine the relationship between changes in soil physical properties due to tillage and growth of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings, we measured soil moisture and penetration resistance for a range of tillage treatments on two Upper Coastal Plain sites in Georgia and correlated these measurements to the growth of individual seedlings. The five tillage treatments were: no-till (NT), ...

Coarse-textured surface horizons are common in highly weathered southeastern US coastal plain soils. These soils have historically been managed under conventional tillage practices, but conservation tillage management practices are increasing. Although clay (<2 �m) contents are low in these surface horizons (typically <100 g kg−1), the reactive nature of this fraction tends to play a dominant r...