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Subsoiling - Agricultural soil and crop practices

Sojka, R.E. (1995) Subsoiling - Agricultural soil and crop practices. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology - 1996. pp. 4-6. McGraw-Hill Inc., New York.

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Abstract

Tillage is performed in arable cropping systems for
many reasons, including burial of crop residues and
weeds for disease and insect control; incorporation
of fertilizers and chemicals; creation of aggregates
and a condition of macroporosity for improved aeration,
water infiltration, and root growth; promotion
of soil drying and warming; and reduction of weed
competition at planting and lay-by (final cultivation
and spraying). Tillage depth can range from shallow
operations that barely scrape the surface 1-2 cm
(0.4-0.8 in.) of soil to deep operations that disturb
or even invert soil to depths of 0.5 m (1.6 ft). Subsoiling
(sometimes called ripping or deep chiseling)
is deep tillage using implements that produce little
or no inversion of the soil profile (see illus.).

Item Type: Book Section
NWISRL Publication Number: 0886
Subjects: Soil > Subsoiling
Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User: Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2010 21:55
Last Modified: 22 Nov 2016 23:47
Item ID: 791
URI: https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/791