INFLUENCE OF TILLAGE SYSTEMS ON SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES UNDER LIBYAN CONDITIONS

EL-Tarhuny, M.; Fouda, T. Z.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2012.102328

INFLUENCE OF TILLAGE SYSTEMS ON SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES UNDER LIBYAN CONDITIONS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

M. EL-Tarhuny ¹
T. Z. Fouda ²

¹ Dean of Treaning High Inst., Libya.

² Prof. and Head of Agric. Eng. Dept. , Fac. of Ag., Tanta. Univ., Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2012.102328

Abstract

Soil tillage is carried out with the objective of changing the soil physical properties and to enable the plants to show their full potential. Physical degradation of the soil may be defined as the loss of the soil’s structural quality. The field experiment was conducted at El-Gefara,Tripoli, Libya. To test the tillage systeme by uesing conventionaltillage system(S1) using moldboard, rotary plowand disc harrow, Minimum tillage by using rotary cultivator(S2) ,disc harrow (S3), chisel plough(S4) and Zero tillage as a control on soil physical properties, under libyan conditions. Four tillage systems S1, S2, S3,and S4. were used to determiend soil moistur, density and porosity percentage.The results show that with the use of tillage systems S1, S2, S3,and S4.Results show that, the change soil porosity percentage, were 36.2, 32.4, 26.1and 28.9%.,the change soil moisture percentage, were 11.6, 13.2, 5.3and 9.6%., the change soil density percentage, were 15.7, 14.3.11.9and 10.8%.,

Main Subjects

Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

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