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Tillage Effects on Agronomic Crop Production

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Tillage is the most important activity in agricultural operations that includes mechanical manipulation of soil, such as digging, stirring, and seedbed preparation. Agricultural mechanization is need of time for enhancing production to meet food requirement of burgeoning population. Tillage operations alters physico-chemical properties of soil and manipulate weeds and appropriate seedbed for crop plants, incorporate crop residues into the soil, make soil loose, enhance chemical reactions, and thereby improve physio-chemical condition of soil which results in better growth and yield. This chapter emphasized significance of tillage in loosening soil, reaping benefits of chemical reactions, enhancing moisture contents, and improving structure of soil and essential for successful cultivation of agronomic crops.

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Wasaya, A., Yasir, T.A., Ijaz, M., Ahmad, S. (2019). Tillage Effects on Agronomic Crop Production. In: Hasanuzzaman, M. (eds) Agronomic Crops. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9783-8_5

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