Title: Conservation tillage: Monitoring adoption with satellite imagery
Abstract: The term conservation tillage is used to refer to any method of tillage that minimally disturbs the surface, leaving at least 30% residue cover after planting. As such, conservation tillage is one of the most widely adopted conservation practices. Conservation tillage is oftentimes coupled with a crop residue management program, which in the southeastern United States typically includes a winter cover crop for biomass production. Conservation tillage has been attributed with improving soil quality, reducing runoff, and reducing fuel costs. In the southeastern United States, conservation tillage has also been hailed with increasing plant available water and reducing the total number of irrigations necessary to produce a crop. Because many states in this region of the nation are facing water restrictions and severe drought conditions, conservation tillage shows promise as a sustainable, water saving practice.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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