No-till in northern, western and south-western Europe: A review of problems and opportunities for crop production and the environment

Soane, B.D.; Ball, B. C.; Arvidsson, Johan; Basch, Gottlieb; Moreno, F.; Roger-Estrade, Jean

doi:10.1016/j.still.2011.10.015

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“…According to Lopes et al (1987), Machado and Silva (2001) and Soane et al (2012), soil cover rates with plant residues at 30% or more, during cultivation and fallow periods, characterize conservation management systems, with the ability to control the rainfall erosivity. In SPD with 100% soil cover, Cassol & Lima (2003) and Cassol et al (2004) observed losses of soil and water ten times lower when compared to the bare soil (0% cover).…”

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“…Among the most investigated conservation tillage practices, soil losses in no-tillage (PD), in general, is lower than in PC and in minimum tillage systems -PM - (Eltz et al, 1984a, b;Bertol et al, 2007;Pugliesi et al, 2011), given the higher percentage of soil cover and slighter disturbance of the soil. Systems with soil cover indices over 30% during cultivation and fallow periods are considered conservation systems (Lopes et al, 1987;Machado & Silva, 2001;Soane et al, 2012).…”

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Perdas e custos associados à erosão hídrica em função de taxas de cobertura do solo

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The aim of this study was to estimate water erosion costs associated with nutrient losses in four different rates of artificial cover. The experiment was carried out from 1987 to 1996 in runoff plots to measure soil losses in Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, in an Ferralsol under natural rainfall. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four treatments (0%, 24%, 40% and 90% artificial cover) and three replications. To estimate costs, P, K + , Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ concentrations in runoff water and soil removed by erosion were summed up, converted into triple superphosphate, potassium chloride and dolomitic limestone and multiplied by their respective market prices. The results indicate that, under the experimental conditions, the greater the percentage of soil cover, the lower the losses of water, soil, organic matter and nutrients. The soil with 90% cover presented reduction of 51.97% in average water losses, 54.44 in soil losses and 54.91% in organic matter losses than the treatment with 0% cover. In bare soil, losses were estimated at 16% P 2 O 5 and 8% KCl in terms of the amount of fertilizers recommended. Costs varied from US$ 107.76 ha -1 year -1 in bare soil (0% cover) to US$ 18.15 ha -1 year -1 in soil with 90% cover. With these values, losses were estimated at 616.5 million tons of soil per year for Brazil, as a result of soil erosion in annual crops, and cost of this process is around US$ 1.3 billion per year.

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“…In addition, reduced tillage can mitigate the detrimental effect of landscape simplification on predation and parasitism of cereal aphids (Tamburini et al, 2016). Indeed, it is assumed that conventional tillage is harmful to ground-dwelling predators and parasitoids that overwinter into the soil (Nilsson, 2010;Soane et al, 2012). The impact of fertilization management, on pest control, also depends on the surrounding landscape complexity.…”

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Spatial diversification of agroecosystems to enhance biological control and other regulating services: An agroecological perspective

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Boeraeve

Artru

et al. 2018

Science of The Total Environment

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Spatial diversification of crop and non-crop habitats in farming systems is promising for enhancing natural regulation of insect pests. Nevertheless, results from recent syntheses show variable effects.One explanation is that the abundance and diversity of pests and natural enemies are affected by the composition, design and management of crop and non-crop habitats. Moreover, interactions between both local and landscape elements and practices carried out at different spatial scales may affect the regulation of insect pests. Hence, research is being conducted to understand these interdependencies.However, insects are not the only pests and pests are not the only elements to regulate in agroecosystems. Broadening the scope could allow addressing multiple issues simultaneously, but also solving them together by enhancing synergies. Indeed, spatial diversification of crop and non-crop habitats can allow addressing the issues of weeds and pathogens, along with being beneficial to several other regulating services like pollination, soil conservation and nutrient cycling. Although calls rise to develop multifunctional landscapes that optimize the delivery of multiple ecosystem services, it still represents a scientific challenge today. Enhancing interdisciplinarity in research institutions and building interrelations between scientists and stakeholders may help reach this goal. Despite obstacles, positive results from research based on such innovative approaches are encouraging for engaging 2 science in this path. Hence, the aim of the present paper is to offer an update on these issues by exploring the most recent findings and discussing these results to highlight needs for future research.

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“…This amount of tillage is considered low and can maintain 30 to 100 % of the soil surface covered with plant residues (Soane et al, 2012). Despite economic and agronomic advantages in terms of reduced fuel consumption (Fernandes et al, 2008) and improved soil erosion control (Cogo et al, 2003), the reduced soil disturbance under NT along with the increased weight of modern agricultural machinery, have caused enough compaction of the soil surface layers to create an obstacle to the expansion of this cultivation system (Siqueira, 2008).…”

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Aeration condition of a clayey oxisol under long-term no-tillage

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Tormena²,

Moreira

et al. 2014

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo

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The hypothesis of this study was that the absence of soil tillage in long-term no-tillage (NT) systems can be detrimental to soil aeration. The objective was to assess the aeration condition of an Oxisol (Rhodic Ferrasol), very clayey texture (750 g kg-1 of clay; 200 g kg-1 of sand), after 30 years of cultivation under NT. The physical property soil air permeability (Ka) is sensitive to changes in the soil pore system. Aside from Ka, the air-filled porosity (ε a) and indices of pore continuity (K1 and N), derived from the relationship between Ka and εa, were used as indices of soil aeration. From the soil layers 0.0-0.1 and 0.1-0.2 m, 240 undisturbed samples were collected along a transect perpendicular to the crop rows, at three sampling positions: corn plant row (CR); center of the interrow (INT); and the equidistant point between CR and INT (PE). The properties Ka and εa were determined at soil matric potentials (Ψm) of -2, -4, -6, -10, -30, and -50 kPa. Soil bulk density (BD) was also determined. The results confirmed the hypothesis. In the 0.0-0.1 m layer, Ka, K1, N and Ψa were significantly greater and BD significantly lower in CR than at the other sampling positions. At a Ψm of -10 kPa, the Ka of CR was 6.9 and 8.4 times higher than in PE and INT, respectively, in the 0.0-0.1 m layer. The properties Ka, K1 and N were sensitive enough to detect changes in the pore system and their differences between the sampling positions demonstrated the importance of the spatial location for soil sampling. Tilling the crop rows provides better soil aeration under NT.

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No-till in northern, western and south-western Europe: A review of problems and opportunities for crop production and the environment

Cited by 639 publications

References 99 publications

Perdas e custos associados à erosão hídrica em função de taxas de cobertura do solo

Perdas e custos associados à erosão hídrica em função de taxas de cobertura do solo

Spatial diversification of agroecosystems to enhance biological control and other regulating services: An agroecological perspective

Aeration condition of a clayey oxisol under long-term no-tillage

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