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Soil Moisture

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No-Tillage Agriculture

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One advantage of no-tillage in row crop production is the conservation of soil water. The conservation of soil water is due to reduced soil water evaporation under no-tillage as compared to conventional tillage. This increased soil water content in no-tilled soil is available for transpiration through plants, thus increasing the water-use efficiency of the crop. No-tillage also significantly increases infiltration of water and reduces soil erosion. These topics are discussed in other chapters.

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  1. University of Kentucky, USA

    Ronald E. Phillips (Professor of Agronomy)

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  1. Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    Ronald E. Phillips

  2. College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    Shirley H. Phillips (Associate Director for Extension) (Associate Director for Extension)

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Phillips, R.E. (1984). Soil Moisture. In: Phillips, R.E., Phillips, S.H. (eds) No-Tillage Agriculture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1467-7_4

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