Long-term yield and weed response to conservation and stubble tillage in SW Germany

• Published in: Soil & tillage research Vol. 121; pp. 49 - 56
• Main Authors: Gruber, Sabine, Pekrun, Carola, Möhring, Jens, Claupein, Wilhelm
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Avena sativa; Beta vulgaris; Biological and medical sciences; Brassica napus var. napus; Conservation; corn silage; Crop density; Crop emergence; crop rotation; Cropping systems. Cultivation. Soil tillage; crops; disturbed soils; faba beans; field experimentation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Germany; Hordeum vulgare; moldboard plows; No-till; oats; Parasitic plants. Weeds; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; plant density; Plough; Primary tillage; Soil inversion; Soil science; Soil tillage; spring barley; stubble tillage; sugar beet; temperate zones; Tillage. Tending. Growth control; triticale; Triticosecale; Triticum aestivum; Vicia faba; Weeds; winter wheat; Zea mays; Central Europe; Europe; Germany; Primary tillage; Crop density; No-till; Plough; Soil inversion; Crop emergence; Soil tillage; Weed; Inversion; Zero tillage; Plant emergence; Density; Long term; Plowing; Soils; Crop residues; Yield; Soil science; Stubble

► We evaluate seven different modes of tillage in long-term experiments in Germany. ► Only no-tillage results in yield loss amongst all treatments. ► No effect of stubble tillage and of inversion vs. non-inversion tillage on yield. ► Few effects of stubble and inversion vs. non-inversion tillage on...