Sentence examples for surface compaction from inspiring English sources

Surface compaction decreased soil inorganic N regardless of whether it received turkey litter.

The surface compaction of the PMMA as a result of the irradiation for doses up to 160 nC/mm2 was also investigated.

The soil infiltration rate was found to decrease not only with an increase in soil water content but also with soil surface compaction.

The objectives of this study were to determine the first year and residual effects of surface compaction on soil physical properties, crop yield, and N availability in a claypan soil; and to evaluate the use of poultry litter to manage surface compaction.

Treatments consisted of two levels of surface compaction (0 and 2 passes with a filled water wagon) and four rates (0, 4.8, 9.6 and 16 Mg ha−1) of turkey litter in a split block design with four replications.

Surface compaction reduced both silage and grain yield approximately 470 g kg−1 in 2000, 200 g kg−1 in 2001 and 180 g kg−1 in the following season after compaction occurred.

Mechanical chiseling disrupts the sub-surface compaction often found in agricultural soils, and modifies soil physical condition conducive to root growth.

There was no sign of near-surface compaction in the control.

The latter studies mentioned above did not include basic measurements of the effects of ORD on soil physical conditions, such as sub-surface compaction.

Sub-surface compaction did not occur, because ploughing was conducted by animal-drawn implements and other operations by hand cultivation with hoes.

The control soil in these plots had near-surface compaction (crusting) at a depth of between about 5 and 11 cm.