Conservation tillage impacts on soil biodiversity: Additional insights from the Collembola-associated bacteria

Liu, Shuchen; Hao, Cao; Xie, Zhijing; Wu, Yunga; Liang, Aizhen; Chang, Liang; Wu, Donghui; Chen, Ting-Wen

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2023.108827

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“…Conservation agriculture is such a system. It works through three principles, viz., less tillage, more soil cover, and improved rotations, and offers multifaceted benefits influencing different aspects of crop cultivation, including energy use, soil health, soil biodiversity, economics, etc 1 , 2 . Attempts are made to upscale the CA practices in the rice–wheat system, the foundation of food security of SE Asian countries .…”

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Evaluation of management practices in rice–wheat cropping system using multicriteria decision-making methods in conservation agriculture

Biswas,

Majumder,

Dey

et al. 2024

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In this study, we employed two multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods, namely the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and the Analytic Hierarchic Process (AHP), to determine the best management choice for the cultivation of wheat with a regime of conservation agriculture (CA) practices. By combining alternative tillage approaches, such as reduced tillage and zero tillage, with the quantity of crop residues and fertilizer application, we were able to develop the regime of CA practices. The performance of the regimes compared to the conventional ones was then evaluated using conflicting parameters relating to energy use, economics, agronomy, plant protection, and soil science. TOPSIS assigned a grade to each alternative based on how close it was to the ideal solution and how far away it was from the negative ideal solution. However, employing AHP, we determined the weights of each of the main and sub-parameters used for this study using pairwise comparison. With TOPSIS, we found ZERO1 (0% residue + 100% NPK) followed by ZERO4 (50%residue + 100% NPK), and ZERO2 (100% residue + 50% NPK) were the best performing tillage-based alternatives. To best optimize the performance of wheat crops under various CA regimes, TOPSIS assisted the decision-makers in distinguishing the effects of the parameters on the outcome and identifying the potential for maneuvering the weak links. The outcomes of this investigation could be used to improve management techniques for wheat production with CA practices for upscaling among the farmers.

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confidence: 99%