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Effects of Conservation Tillage on Crop Cultivation and Production
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Effects of Conservation Tillage on Crop Cultivation and Production

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 780

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Dr. Danijel Jug

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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: conservation soil tillage; sustainable soil/land management; climate change in agriculture
Dr. Vladimír Smutný

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Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
Interests: research and development of conservation tillage systems; crop protection; sustainable agriculture; cultivation systems of field crops
Prof. Dr. Irena Jug

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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: agroecology; conservation agriculture; sustainable crop production; climate smart agriculture; fertilization; sustainable soil/land management; sustainability of agroecosystems
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Dr. Edward Wilczewski

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Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, J.J.Śniadeckich in Bydgoszcz, Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Interests: cultivation technology; cereal crop rotation; cultivation management
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Conservation tillage, along with some complimentary practices such as soil cover and crop diversity has emerged as a viable option to ensure sustainable food production and maintain environmental integrity. The principle of conservation tillage involves maintenance of surface soil cover through retention of crop residues achievable by practicing different intensity of tillage treatments and mechanical soil disturbance. Retention of crop residue protects the soil from direct impact of raindrops and sunlight while the minimal soil disturbance enhances soil biological activities as well as soil air and water movement. Crop grown with conservation tillage system has more climate adaptation (e.g., drought and high temperatures) benefits. The potential benefits of conservation tillage along with other practices such as soil cover in reducing carbon and nitrous-oxide emissions to the atmosphere, economic advantages associated with reductions in crop establishment time and energy use cannot be over emphasized. Soil become as most vulnerable natural resources and its quality status directly and indirectly influence human possibilities in food production. Questions about soil degradation and how can we prevent its further degradation, especially in the lights of climate changes, today is one of the most important aspects of human existence on global, regional and especially on local levels.

Therefore, to achieve sustainable food production with minimal impact on the (agro)environment (soil, water and the atmosphere), conservation soil tillage practices become more important now than ever.

Dr. Danijel Jug
Dr. Vladimír Smutný
Dr. Irena Jug
Dr. Edward Wilczewski
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Keywords

  • conservation soil tillage
  • sustainability
  • soil fertility
  • crop production
  • cover crop
  • soil degradation
  • climate change
  • agro-ecosystems resilience
  • yield and yield quality
  • food security
  • crop modeling

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Belowground Response of a Bahiagrass Pasture to Long-Term Elevated [CO2] and Soil Fertility Management
by G. Brett Runion, Stephen A. Prior and H. Allen Torbert
Plants 2024, 13(4), 485; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13040485 - 08 Feb 2024
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Effects of rising atmospheric CO2 concentration [CO2] on pastures and grazing lands are beginning to be researched, but these important systems remain understudied compared to other agronomic and forest ecosystems. Therefore, we conducted a long-term (2005–2015) study of bahiagrass ( [...] Read more.
Effects of rising atmospheric CO2 concentration [CO2] on pastures and grazing lands are beginning to be researched, but these important systems remain understudied compared to other agronomic and forest ecosystems. Therefore, we conducted a long-term (2005–2015) study of bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé) response to elevated [CO2] and fertility management. The study was conducted at the USDA-ARS, National Soil Dynamics Laboratory open-top field chamber facility, Auburn, AL. A newly established bahiagrass pasture was exposed to either ambient or elevated (ambient + 200 µmol mol−1) [CO2]. Following one year of pasture establishment, half the plots received a fertilizer treatment [N at 90 kg ha−1 three times yearly plus P, K, and lime as recommended by soil testing]; the remaining plots received no fertilization. These treatments were implemented to represent managed (M) and unmanaged (U) pastures; both are common in the southeastern US. Root cores (0–60 cm depth) were collected annually in October and processed using standard procedures. Fertility additions consistently increased both root length density (53.8%) and root dry weight density (68.2%) compared to unmanaged plots, but these root variables were generally unaffected by either [CO2] or its interaction with management. The results suggest that southern bahiagrass pastures could benefit greatly from fertilizer additions. However, bahiagrass pasture root growth is unlikely to be greatly affected by rising atmospheric [CO2], at least by those levels expected during this century. Full article
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