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Effects of intensifying organic manuring and tillage practices on penetration resistance and infiltration rate

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Date

2005

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Volume Title

Publisher

Elsevier B.V.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate the role of chicken manure, conservation practices (crop rotation and legume intercropping), and tillage practices on soil crusting and sealing in order to identify practices that will best facilitate water infiltration and prevent run-off and soil erosion.

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Keywords

Soil degradation, Soil erosion, Soil conservation, Soil quality, Manure, Conservation tillage, Soil crusting, Sealing, Structural degradation, Minimum tillage, Andean cropping systems, Field Scale

Citation

Soil and Tillage Research 82(2): 211-226