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One-pass tillage equipment outstrips conventional tillage method

2001; University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources; Volume: 55; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3733/ca.v055n05p44

2160-8091

Shrinivasa K. Upadhyaya, Kléber Pereira Lanças, Abilio G. Santos-Filho, Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi,

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

For this study, we compared a new one-pass tillage implement called the Incorpramaster with a conventional tillage practice of stubble disking and land planing. Our randomized block experiment on the UC Davis campus evaluated the equipment's energy and time savings. We found that the one-pass tillage equipment (OPTE) outperformed conventional land preparation methods in fuel consumption and speed. Fuel savings ranged from 19% to 81% with a mean savings of 50%. Time savings ranged from 67% to 83% with mean of 72%. The mean soil particle size created by the one-pass tillage implement was comparable to that produced by conventional tillage methods.