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Advances in No-Till Farming Technologies and Soil Compaction Management in Rainfed Farming Systems

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With non-selective herbicides providing effective weed control, the system of no-till farming has gained significant global momentum. The initial focus in the development of no-till technology was to improve crop establishment, and this was followed by improving soil opener operation in heavy crop residues and in difficult soils. The benefits of conservation agriculture are further increased by development of controlled traffic, crop scanning and weed eradication technologies, precision agriculture systems such as autosteer guidance, total surface cover with crop residues and cover crops to reduce germination of weed seed.

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    See glossary.

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    See glossary.

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    The inverted T opener consists of a knife type opener with flat (low lift) wings extending to 5 cm each side in a T configuration.

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    Scalloped disk opener with wings for seed and fertiliser placement.

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    The trail of straw and chaff left behind a combine harvester.

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    Australian Soil Classification http://www.clw.csiro.au/aclep/asc_re_on_line/soilhome.htm

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    See glossary.

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    See glossary.

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  1. Grains Research and Development Corporation, 5367, Kingston, ACT, 2604, Australia

    Rohan Rainbow

  2. Patricio Maciel 322/Edificio Villa Los Patricios Dep. 1-B C.C. 13223 Shopping del Sol, Asunción, Paraguay

    Rolf Derpsch

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  4. Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Rese, Leader, Vegetable Centre, Burnie, 7320, Tasmania, Australia

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Rainbow, R., Derpsch, R. (2011). Advances in No-Till Farming Technologies and Soil Compaction Management in Rainfed Farming Systems. In: Tow, P., Cooper, I., Partridge, I., Birch, C. (eds) Rainfed Farming Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9132-2_39

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