Description
Book SynopsisIn this invaluable book, leading agronomic researchers provide in-depth reviews of present conservation tillage practices in a wide variety of temperate agroecosystems. Each chapter characterizes how conservation tillage has been developed and adapted or modified to fit specific environments, with the chapters divided into the following climate regions: Cool Humid, Cool Humid to Warm Humid, Warm Humid, and Sub-Humid to Semi-Arid Continental. Each chapter also discusses important topics such as weed problems, crop rotation, fertilizer requirements, soil properties and processes, soil erosion, soil chemistry, soil physics, and environmental issues. A perfect working reference, this resource provides a synthesis of existing research and practices and shows how soil, climatic, and biological constraints can be overcome or circumvented.
Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1.Strategies to Overcome Impediments to Adoption of Conservation Tillage 2. Humid Micro-Thermal Climates 3. Trends in Reduced Tillage Research and Practice in Scandinavia 4. Tillage Requirements for Annual Crop Production in Eastern Canada 5. Conservation Tillage in the Corn Belt of the U.S.A. 6. Humid Micro-Thermal to Humid Meso-Thermal Climates 7. Reduced Cultivation and Direct Drilling for Cereals in Great Britain 8. Approaches Toward Conservation Tillage in Germany 9. Feasibility of Minimum Tillage Practices for Annual Cropping Systems in France 10. Humid Meso-Thermal Climates 11. Overcoming Constraints to Conservation Tillage in New Zealand 12. Role of Conservation Tillage in Sust ainable Agriculture in the Southern 13. Conservation Tillage in the South-Eastern Australian Wheat-Sheep Belt 14. Mainly Sub-Humid to Semi-Arid Continental Climates 15.Conservation Tillage Systems in the Northernmost Central U.S.A. 16. Constraints on Conservation Tillage under Dryland and Irrigated Agriculture in the U.S.A. Pacific Northwest 17. Tillage Systems for Soil and Water Conservation on the Canadian Prairie 19. Conservation Tillage in the Southern U.S.A. Great Plains 20. Conservation Tillage in Eastern Europe Index
