Sentence examples for use of tillage from inspiring English sources

It can be concluded that use of tillage methods where planting depth is controlled and use of large seed where seed is dribbled behind the plough can result in higher stand establishment.

The practices include increased use of fertilizer, earlier application of the nutrients on bare ground and less use of tillage, in which fertilizer or manure is worked into the soil.

This cropping system could reduce the use of tillage and thus reducing energy-consumption.

The major crop of the "afub owondo" is groundnut, which is traditionally tilled (Wendt 2002) for acceptable yields (Jordan et al. 2001), and there is incompatibility between the use of tillage and mulching (Erenstein 2003).

In these areas, monoculture of cereals, which relies on frequent summer-fallowing and use of mechanical tillage, has been replaced by extended and diversified crop rotations together with the use of conservation tillage [122].

Organic soil management practices included additions of composted poultry manure and bark mulches and the use of mechanical tillage for weed control.

It is suggested that the use of reduced tillage is not only an effective alternative for diminishing soil erosion, but also a viable strategy for improving soil structure on the hillslopes.

Results indicate that soil cover has improved by about 11% through the use of conservation tillage and crop residue management and reduced summerfallowing, and that the risk of wind erosion in the prairies has decreased by 7% in the 10 years.

The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of subsoil compaction on corn yield and N availability in a sandy-textured soil and to evaluate the use of deep tillage and surface applications of poultry manure to remediate subsoil compaction.

Significant GHG reductions can also be achieved through broader use of conservation tillage, which reduces fuel demand and keeps more carbon in the soil; it also improves water quality and brings biodiversity benefits.

The carbon stock of continuously cropped and conventionally tilled soils was also 25% lower than the carbon stock of the soil cultivated by use of conservation tillage.