Tillage systems (Parana - Argentina)

Objective
Evaluate the effect of two tillage systems (vertical tillage and no-tillage) in two types of soil (mollisols and vertisol)
Data Access Statement
Available to collaborators only
Data license
Don't know
Data policy
Don't know
Organization
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
research organisation
Person
Emmanuel Gabioud
principal investigator
INTA-Argentina
Experimental Research Station - Paraná

Site: INTA Parana (Argentina)

Location
Oro Verde
Entre Rios
Argentina
Geographic location
-31.854306, -60.535556
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Visits permitted?
No
Soil type
phaeozem
Soil description
Mollisols and Vertisols (USDA Soil Taxonomy)
Climatic type
humid subtropical climate

Design period: (1997—)

Design description
Plots measured 7 m × 40 m
Crops
CropYears grown
maize
wheat
soybeans
Crop Rotation
Unnamed
  • 1
    wheat
    soybeans
  • 2
    maize
Factor
Factor name
Factor levels
tillage process
no-till
conventional tillage
Application method: chisel plough
Two or three operations with disk or chisel plow.

Related publications

  • Fabrizzi, K.P., Rice, C.W., Amado, T.J.C. et al. Protection of soil organic C and N in temperate and tropical soils: effect of native and agroecosystems. Biogeochemistry 92, 129–143 (2009).