Ridge tillage for corn and soybean production on clay and clay-loam soils in southwestern Ontario — a review

Stone, J. A.; Vyn, Tony J.; Clarke, N.D.

doi:10.1016/0167-1987(90)90062-i

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“…Some study explained that low soil temperature under straw mulching treatments caused by higher albedo and lower thermal conductivity on straw covering soil, which consequently reduces the solar energy reaching in warm conditions (Li et al 2013). Ridge tillage was proved to improve soil temperature in seed germination stage (Stone et al 1990), so straw mulching combined with ridge could be a solution for the low soil temperature problems. And that the water holding capacity under straw mulching treatments is not greater than that under film mulching treatments could be another explains for the crop yield difference between them.…”

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Effect of tillage, cropping, and mulching pattern on crop yield, soil C and N accumulation, and carbon footprint in a desert oasis farmland

Yang

Kong

2017

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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The desert oasis is one of the major grain production areas in arid land, and many intensive farming practices have been adopted to improve the land utilization in the agriculture system. However, there remains little consensus on how to improve such farming practices for increasing both productivity and environment benefits in this system. A 4-year experiment was conducted in a typical desert oasis farmland to determine the effects of the farming practices on crop yield, soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) accumulation, and carbon footprint (CF). The farming practices included two tillage patterns: conventional (CT) and reduced tillage (RT), two cropping patterns: continuous (Con) and rotation cropping (Rot), and two mulching pattern: film (F) and straw mulching (S) with eight combined treatments. The RT did not significant decrease crop yield but increase soil C and N accumulation rate by 59% and 130%, and thus decrease CF for crop production compared with the CT. S can also improve soil C and N accumulation, and cause low CF for crop production, but leading to 14-41% decrease in maize yield compared with F. Rot result in a 14% increase on maize yield also has extra benefit to decrease CF for crop production, but no significant effect on soil C and N accumulation compared with Con. Our study adds a reasonable perspective on how to improve the conventional farming systems in desert oasis, the information about RT, straw mulching, and maize-soybean rotation have positive effect on improving soil quality and decreasing CF for crop production in this desert soil area is critical to develop the sustainable agriculture system in this desert oasis farmland, which both maintaining crop productivity and minimizing negative environmental impacts.

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Effect of tillage, cropping, and mulching pattern on crop yield, soil C and N accumulation, and carbon footprint in a desert oasis farmland

Yang

Kong

2017

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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“…The ridges are rebuilt every year in the same location, with ridge tops being truncated prior to or at the time of planting (Burton et al ., ). In the early 1980s, RT became an attractive form of conservation tillage in southern Ontario, Canada, due to its enhanced drying potential in the seed zone, especially in the early growing season when excess moisture was present (Stone et al ., ). RT can save labour, improve soil and environmental quality, increase crop yield, and control erosion (Lal, ; Vyn et al ., ; Fan et al ., ).…”

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“…Southwestern Ontario is a major maize and soybean production region in Canada, which has experienced soil degradation, especially in the clay and clay‐loam soils under long‐term MP (Stone et al ., ; Reynolds et al ., ). Based on samples collected in the autumn of 2010, Shi et al .…”

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“…Reported advantages of MP include better weed control, deep loosening of soil, and incorporation of residues into the plough layer (Müller et al ., ). However, gradual deterioration of soil structure (Stone et al ., ; Daraghmeh et al ., ) along with decreases in soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen concentrations in the plough layer have often been associated with long‐term MP (López‐Fando & Pardo, ). Such changes in soil properties can jeopardize soil productivity (Sommer et al ., ).…”

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Spatial distributions of soil chemical and physical properties prior to planting soybean in soil under ridge‐, no‐ and conventional‐tillage in a maize–soybean rotation

Fan

Yang

Drury

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Soil Use and Management

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Detailed information on the profile distributions of agronomically important soil properties in the planting season can be used as criteria to select the best soil tillage practices. Soil cores (0-60 cm) were collected in May, 2012 (before soybean planting), from soil transects on a 30-yr tillage experiment, including no-tillage (NT), ridge tillage (RT) and mouldboard plough (MP) on a Brookston clay loam soil (mesic Typic Argiaquoll). Soil cores were taken every 19 cm across three corn rows and these were used to investigate the lateral and vertical profile characteristics of soil organic carbon (SOC), pH, electrical conductivity (EC), soil volumetric water content (SWC), bulk density (BD), and penetration resistance (PR). Compared to NT and MP, the RT system resulted in greater spatial heterogeneity of soil properties across the transect. Average SOC concentrations in the top 10 cm layer were significantly greater in RT than in NT and MP (P = 0.05). NT soil contained between 0.8 and 2.5% (vol/vol) more water in the top 0-30 cm than RT and MP, respectively. MP soil had lower PR and BD in the plough layer compared to NT and RT soils, with both soil properties increasing sharply with depth in MP. The RT had lower PR relative to NT in the upper 35 cm of soil on the crop rows. Overall, RT was a superior conservation tillage option than NT in this clay loam soil; however, MP had the most favourable soil conditions in upper soil layers for early crop development across all treatments.

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“…Various soil management practices can alter soil properties in several different ways. For example, tillage has been reported to temporarily alleviate soil compaction, increase the availability of soil organic matter and improve the soil temperature and moisture environment for seed germination in early Spring (Stone et al, 1990;Doumbia et al, 2009;He et al, 2010;Haruna et al, 2018a). Similarly, natural prairies have been reported to have a hydraulic conductivity which is higher by one order of magnitude compared to cultivated soils (Fuentes et al, 2004).…”

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Influence of winter wheat on soil thermal properties of a Paleudalf

Haruna¹

2019

Int. Agrophys.

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Soil thermal properties can influence several soil processes important for crop productivity. This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of cover crops on selected soil physical and thermal properties. The field site was set up using a randomized complete block design with two levels of cover crops (cover crops versus no cover crops). The soil thermal properties measured included thermal conductivity, volumetric heat capacity, and thermal diffusivity. The physical properties of the soil studied included bulk density, volumetric water content, total pore spaces, water-filled pore spaces, air-filled pore spaces, gas diffusion coefficient, and soil pore tortuosity factor. Soil organic carbon was also measured. The results showed that soil organic carbon was 26% higher under cover crops management compared to no cover crops management. Thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity were positively correlated with soil bulk density and these properties (soil thermal conductivity and soil thermal diffusivity) were higher under no cover crops management compared with cover crops management probably due to the proximity between soil particles. The volumetric heat capacity was positively correlated with soil organic carbon, with soil organic carbon being higher under cover crops management compared with no cover crops management. Results from the current study show that cover crops can improve soil physical and thermal properties which may benefit crop productivity as corroborated via laboratory measurements. K e y w o r d s: thermal conductivity, volumetric heat capacity, thermal diffusivity, soil organic carbon

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Ridge tillage for corn and soybean production on clay and clay-loam soils in southwestern Ontario — a review

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

Effect of tillage, cropping, and mulching pattern on crop yield, soil C and N accumulation, and carbon footprint in a desert oasis farmland

Effect of tillage, cropping, and mulching pattern on crop yield, soil C and N accumulation, and carbon footprint in a desert oasis farmland

Spatial distributions of soil chemical and physical properties prior to planting soybean in soil under ridge‐, no‐ and conventional‐tillage in a maize–soybean rotation

Influence of winter wheat on soil thermal properties of a Paleudalf

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