Dergiler / EURASIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE / 2020 / Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 4

Changes in some soil properties of wheat fields underconventional and reduced tillage systems in Northern Iraq

Changes in some soil properties of wheat fields underconventional and reduced tillage systems in Northern Iraq

Salar SALEM, Füsun GÜLSER, Coşkun GÜLSER

Sayfa
314–320
DOI
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Abstract

In this study, the effects of reduced tillage (RT) and conventional tillage (CT) systemson some soil properties of wheat fields in Northern Iraq (Duhok Province) under a hotand dry climatic condition were investigated. This study was carried out in arandomized plot design with four replications at three locations (Bardrash, Sumail, andZakho) in the seasons 2017-2018. Four fields in each location at Duhok Province wereequally separated into two groups for CT and RT systems. A group of 24 soil samplesfor each tillage system were taken from the locations. Soil organic matter content, pH,EC, bulk density and total porosity values were significantly (p