Effect of conventional tillage practices on soil agrochemical properties and crop yield
2002
Liepins, J. | Ausmane, M. | Melngalvis, I. (Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Agriculture. Dept. of Soil Management)
The Department of Soil management of Latvia University of Agriculture has been engaged in an research since 1982 to study: 1) feasibility to replace 0.22-0.24 m deep ploughing by 0.10-0.12 m deep stubble - field cultivation in succession of 1 to 3 years in 6-field grain crop rotation; 2) assessment of agro-chemical changes in soil; 3) ploughing replaced by stubble-field cultivation and its effect on grain yield. These studies show that changes of organic matter content between variants of soil tillage were non-significant. Diverse effect of studied soil tillage systems on grain yield level was not stated. Reduced soil tillage system is feasible in the meliorated soil.
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