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No-tillage seeding in conservation agriculture
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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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.