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No-Tillage Agriculture

Principles and Practices

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Ronald E. Phillips

    1. Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

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  2. Shirley H. Phillips

    1. College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Shirley H. Phillips
    Pages 1-10

  3. Effects of Climate on Performance of No-Tillage

    • Ronald E. Phillips
    Pages 11-41

  4. Soil Adaptability for No-Tillage

    • Robert L. Blevins
    Pages 42-65

  5. Soil Moisture

    • Ronald E. Phillips
    Pages 66-86

  6. Fertilization and Liming

    • Grant W. Thomas, Wilbur W. Frye
    Pages 87-126

  7. Energy Requirement in No-Tillage

    • Wilbur W. Frye
    Pages 127-151

  8. Response of Weeds and Herbicides Under No-Tillage Conditions

    • William W. Witt
    Pages 152-170

  9. Other Pests in No-Tillage and Their Control

    • Shirley H. Phillips
    Pages 171-189

  10. Changes in Soil Properties Under No-Tillage

    • Robert L. Blevins, M. Scott Smith, Grant W. Thomas
    Pages 190-230

  11. Multicropping

    • Shirley H. Phillips, Grant W. Thomas
    Pages 231-253

  12. Equipment

    • Shirley H. Phillips
    Pages 254-269

  13. No-Tillage in the Tropics

    • Grant W. Thomas, Robert L. Blevins, Shirley H. Phillips
    Pages 270-301

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 303-306
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About this book

No-tillage cropping systems and concepts have evolved rapidly since the early 1960s and are attracting attention worldwide. The rapid growth and interest is associated with increasing pressures for food production from a fixed land resource base with degrading effects of erosion, soil compaction and other factors becoming more noticeable. Research programs have provided many answers and identified new technology needed for success of the no-tillage crop production system in the past two decades and this has resulted in a rapid rate of adoption. Farmers played an important role in the early stages· of development of the system and continue to play an important role in its improvement and rapid rate of adoption. This book provides an inventory and assessment of the principles involved in no-tillage concepts and addresses the application of the technology to practical production schemes. Selected authors and contributors have long been associated either in no-tillage research or application. They represent many disciplines interfacing with the complex interactions of soil, plant and environment. Personal obser­ vations by the authors in many geographic sectors of the world indicate the principles to be valid but application of the principles to be less uniform. The application of no-tillage principles requires considerable modification as variations in soil and/or climatic condi­ tions are encountered in different regions of the world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

    Ronald E. Phillips

  • College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

    Shirley H. Phillips

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: No-Tillage Agriculture

  • Book Subtitle: Principles and Practices

  • Editors: Ronald E. Phillips, Shirley H. Phillips

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1467-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-1469-1Published: 02 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-1467-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 306

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agriculture, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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