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SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
Volume 80, Issue 1-2, Pages 233-249Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.03.017
Keywords
strip-tillage; no-tillage; chisel plow; soil temperature; soil moisture; soil penetration resistance
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The no-tillage system is perceived as having lower soil temperatures. wetter soil conditions. and greater surface penetration resistance compared with conventional and other conservation tillage systems. Concerns associated with the effect of the no-tillage system on certain soil physical properties (i.e. soil temperature, moisture, and compaction) prompted this study to evaluate the effect of an alternative tillage, on these physical properties, compared with chisel plow and e system, strip-tillage no-tillage systems. The study was conducted on two Iowa State University research and demonstration farms in 2001 and 2002. One site was at the Marsden Farm near Ames, where the soils were Nicollet loam (Aquic Hapludolls) and Webster silty clay loam (Typic Hapludolls). The second site was at the Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Nashua, where the soils were Kenyon loam (Typic Hapludolls) and Floyd loam (Aquic Hapludolls). Soil temperature increased in the top 5 cm under strip-tillage (1.2-1.4 degreesC) over no-tillage and it remained close to the chisel plow soil temperature. This increase in soil temperature contributed to an improvement in plant emergence rate index (ERI) under strip-tillage compared with no-tillage. The results show no significant differences in soil moisture status between the three tillage systems, although the strip-tillage soil profile has slightly greater moisture content than chisel plow Moisture content through the soil profile particularly at the lower depths under all tillage treatments was greater than the plant available water (PAW). However. the changes in soil moisture storage were much greater with strip-tillage and chisel plow than no-tillage from post-emergence to preharvest at 0-30 and 0-120cm. It was observed also that most change in soil moisture storage occurred between post-emergence and tasseling. Penetration resistance was similar for both strip-tillage and no-tillage. but commonly greater than chisel plow. In general. the findings show that strip-tillage can contribute, effectively to improve plant emergence. similar to chisel plowing and conserve soil moisture effectively compared with no-tillage. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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