Pavlo Lykhovyd
Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of NAAS, 03022 Kyiv, UkrainePublications
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Research Article
Yields of major grain crops depending on tillage system in semi-arid agroecological zone
Author(s): Pavlo Lykhovyd*, Viktor Chaban, Oleksandr Averchev, Dmytro Maksymov, Oleksandr Rudik, Iryna Biliaieva, Mariia Nikitenko, Halyna Yevtushenko and Vasyl Kokoiko
No-till is a new trend in modern agriculture. As far as most farmers and researchers believe that no-till farming provides benefits both for sustainability of agroecosystems, climate change mitigation and economics of crop production, mass transfer to zero tillage is observed worldwide. However, it is quite debatable that no-till is always beneficial for the yields of crops. The main goal of this study is to establish the direction and strength of short and long-term no-till influence on the yields of major grain crops, cultivated in the south of Ukraine, namely, winter wheat, winter barley, and soybeans, within the irrigated short grain crop rotation. The study was carried out on dark-chestnut and chernozem soils within the semi-arid cold climate zone. Short- and long-term no-till effects on the yields of the mentioned crops were evaluated through direct harvesting and standardizatio.. Read More»
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21805129