Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Eurasian Congress on ’Natural Nutrition and Healthy Life’ 2018, Ankara, Türkiye, 12 - 15 Temmuz 2018
Abstract: Soil tillage is effective in conservation of sustainable soil productivity and soil quality. There are three basic tillage techniques, conventional tillage, reduced tillage and conservation tillage according to the percentage of crop residue cover remaining on the soil surface after soil tillage and planting. Reservoir tillage is one of the conservation tillage techniques. In this tillage technique, many numbers of different shaped and dimension of reservoir are formed on the soil surface in order to hold to collect the rain or water applied from sprinkler and reduce runoff. Reservoirs can be found on the whole soil surface, only between rows or in the furrows. The reservoir tillage increases the surface area of the soil and reduces runoff. Even the percentage of crop residue cover is low water and wind erosion are prevented. Plants benefit more effectively from the rain and the irrigation water. Water infiltration is enhance. Irrigation costs decreases. In-situ water harvesting is done. Transportation of valuable layer of soil, nutrients and pesticides are prevented. As a result, the crop yield increases. It is suitable for the farming of crops such as potato, corn, cotton, tomatoe, wheat. However, it has some disadvantages such as difficulty in weed control, needs a new equipment and is a new technique for farmers. In this study it is aimed to give information about reservoir tillage technique.
Key words: Erosion, in-situ water harvesting, reservoir tillage