No-tillage seeding in conservation agriculture /

• Main Authors: Baker, C. J. (Author), Saxton, Keith E., 1937- (Author), Ritchie, W. R., (Author), Chamen, W. C. T., (Author), Reicosky, D. C., (Author), Ribeiro, M. F. S., (Author), Justice, S. E., (Author), Hobbs, P. R., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, in association with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Subjects: No-tillage.; Agricultural Economics.; Plant Production.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Fertilizers and Other Amendments.; Soil Management.; Agricultural and Forestry Equipment (General); Agricultural economics.; Agriculture.; Band placement.; Carbon.; Carbon sequestration.; Conservation tillage.; Controlled traffic.; Cropping systems.; Farm machinery.; Fertilizers.; Forage.; Mechanization.; Risk assessment.; Seed drills.; Small farms.; Technology.; Tillage.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Rev. ed. of: Baker, C. J. No-tillage seeding, 1996.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 326 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-315) and index.
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This second edition contains 19 chapters focusing on no-tillage technologies, particularly those related to no-tillage seed drilling, from a variety of accumulated experiences over the past 40 years. It also provides a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of no-tillage in general. Topics added or covered in more detail include: (i) soil carbon and how its retention or sequestration interacts with tillage; (ii) controlled traffic farming as an adjunct to no-tillage; (iii) a comparison of the performance of generic no-tillage opener designs; (iv) the role of banding fertilizer in no-tillage; (v) the economics of no-tillage; (vi) equipment used by small-scale farmers; (vii) forage cropping by no-tillage; (viii) a method for risk assessment of different levels of machine sophistication. This book represents a major resource for practitioners and academics in agronomy, soil science and agricultural engineering.