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.
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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 adde...

Table of Contents:

• The 'what' and 'why' of no-tillage farming / C. John Baker and Keith E. Saxton
• The benefits of no-tillage / Don C. Reicosky and Keith E. Saxton
• The nature of risk in no-tillage / C. John Baker, W. (Bill) R. Ritchie, and Keith E. Saxton
• Seeding openers and slot shape / C. John Baker
• The role of slot cover / C. John Baker
• Drilling into dry soils / C. John Baker
• Drilling into wet soils / C. John Baker
• Seed depth, placement and metering / C. John Baker and Keith E. Saxton
• Fertilizer placement / C. John Baker
• Residue handling / C. John Baker, Fatima Ribeiro, and Keith E. Saxton
• Comparing surface disturbance and low-disturbance disc openers / C. John Baker
• No-tillage for forage production / C. John Baker and W. (Bill) R. Ritchie
• No-tillage drill and planter design : large-scale machines / C. John Baker
• No-tillage drill and planter design : small-scale machines / Fatima Ribeiro, Scott E. Justice, Peter R. Hobbs and C. John Baker
• Managing a no-tillage seeding system / W. (Bill) R. Ritchie and C. John Baker
• Controlled-traffic farming as a complementary practice to no-tillage / W. C. Tim Chamen
• Reduced environmental emissions and carbon sequestration / Don C. Reicosky and Keith E. Saxton
• Some economic comparisons / C. John Baker
• Procedures for development and technology transfer / C. John Baker.