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Objective: Long term improvement of soil structure
Select a case study from the table below. Documents are in the Adobe PDF format.
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Case Study |
Soil type |
Keywords |
| Minimum tillage |
Study 12. Min-till with residue incorporation benefits soils in large enterprise |
Light, medium and heavy |
Arable, cereals, sugar beet, minimum tillage, min till, reduced cultivation, straw incorporation, light soil, medium soil, heavy soil |
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Study 19. Mixed arable, beef and sheep with short-term rotational grass leys, consistent application of FYM and sewage sludge |
Light to medium |
Mixed, arable, beef, sheep, sewage sludge, biosolids, FYM, poultry muck, turkey, residue incorporation, light soil, medium soil |
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Study 28. Minimum tillage with imported poultry litter and rotational fallow |
Medium to heavy |
Arable, cereals, potatoes, poultry manure, minimum tillage, min till, reduced tillage, medium soil, heavy soil |
| No Tillage |
Study 25. Potato growing in min-till rotations with straw incorporation and manure trading |
Light to medium |
Arable, cereals, straw incorporation, potatoes, minimum tillage, min till, reduced tillage, FYM, poultry muck, medium soil |
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Study 23. Zero tillage combinable cropping improves soil within 3 years |
Medium to heavy |
Arable, cereals, zero tillage, no till, medium soils |
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Study 24. Zero tillage direct drilling improves soils in a mixed farm |
Light to medium |
Arable, cereals, zero tillage, no till, light soils, stony soils, medium soils |
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Study 26. Transition from min-till to zero-till with use of manures and controlled trafficking |
Medium to heavy |
Arable, cereals, zero tillage, no till, controlled trafficking, trash, medium soil, heavy soil |
| Minimum tillage |
Study 30. Targeted use of manures benefits arable yields and improves soil structures |
LIght to medium |
Mixed, light soils, slurry, crop rotation, rotational maize, FYM, reduced cultivation, cereals, maize, dairy, beef |
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Study 31. Ex-potato land improved with organic manures, crop rotations and reduced cultivation |
Light to medium |
Mixed, potatoes, beef, FYM, oilseed rape, crop residues, reduced cultivation, cereals, maize, improved rotations |
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