Compaction Characteristics of Sandy Clay Loam Soil Under Different Tillage System

Fasoyin S.A.¹ , Ale M.O.² , Abisuwa T.A.³

1. Department of Agric. and Bio-Environmental Engineering Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, Nigeria.
2. Department of Agric. and Bio-Environmental Engineering Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, Nigeria.
3. Department of Agric. and Bio-Environmental Engineering Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, Nigeria.

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.3 , pp.1-5, Mar-2023

Online published on Mar 31, 2023

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Abstract :
Concept of people about soil depends on their direct use of it. Agronomists call it a medium for crop production; engineers as a foundation of construction materials, environmentalist, a source of pollution and conservationists see it resources to preserve. Soil Tillage as a disturbance and manipulation process can be manual or mechanical using the tractor and its implements. The system chosen by farmers has a comparable influence on the properties of soil especially the compaction characteristics. Therefore, a research was carried out to find out the effects of tillage methods on compaction characteristics of agricultural soil where zero tillage, traditional tillage, mechanical tillage and fallowing have been practiced. It was observed that soil with traditional tillage had the highest mean value of penetration resistance (1677 kN/m2) and moisture content (17%), while the highest mean value of bulk density (1.51 g/cm3) was recorded in zero tillage. It was also recorded that soil depth had a linear relationship with penetration resistance as well as a polynomial relationship with the bulk density. All values of the penetration resistance and soil bulk density recorded are acceptable for root growth except the value recorded for traditional tillage. The observed values and relationships will serve as indicators of soil quality in the choice of tillage practices adopted by farmers as well as further research and experimentation.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Bulk density, penetration resistance, moisture content, root growth, soil disturbance

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