
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thiagalingam, K 
A1  - Dalgliesh, NP 
A1  - Gould, NS 
A1  - McCown, RL 
A1  - Cogle, AL 
A1  - Chapman, AL 
T1  - Comparison of no-tillage and conventional tillage in the development of sustainable farming systems in the semi-arid tropics
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 36
IS  - 8
SP  - 995
EP  - 1002
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9960995 
N2  - The results of 5 short-term (4-8 years) experiments and farm demonstrations in which no-tillage technology was compared with conventional or reduced tillage in the semi-arid tropics of the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland, during the mid 1980s to mid 1990s, are reviewed. In the Douglas-Daly and Katherine districts of the Northern Territory, dryland crops of maize, sorghum, soybean and mungbean sown using no-tillage with adequate vegetative mulch on the soil surface have produced yields comparable with, or higher than (especially in drier years), those obtained under conventional tillage. The importance of a surface mulch in ameliorating soil temperature, moisture and fertility, and in reducing soil movement and loss in crop production in the semi-arid tropics was confirmed. Management of mulch (pasture, crop residues and weeds) will be crucial in the application of no-tillage technology to the development of mixed dryland crop and livestock enterprises in the semi-arid tropics. 
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