Open AccessResults Concerning the Conservative Agriculture at the Agricultural Research and Development Station Simnic - Craiova
Author(s) -
C. Popescu,
C. Bora,
Viorica Urechian,
Fraga Oncica
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bulletin of university of agricultural sciences and veterinary medicine cluj-napoca. agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1843-5386
pISSN - 1843-5246
DOI - 10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:6456
Subject(s) - agriculture , arable land , plough , profit (economics) , seeding , environmental science , agricultural engineering , promotion (chess) , business , mathematics , agricultural science , agronomy , agricultural economics , geography , engineering , economics , political science , archaeology , politics , law , microeconomics , biology
In the paper, there are presented the research results aiming the promotion of the conservative agriculture concept in variants/schemes adapted to:
- the soil’s properties (medium to heavy texture - 30-42 % clay in the arable layer)
- the main field crops cultivated in the sothern area of Romania,
in order to obtain competitive, qualitative and quantitative yields (similar to the ones obtained in the conventional agriculture), with lower costs and higher profit for the farmers by improving the soil’s properties and protecting the environment.
The highest yields were obtained in the first trial – seeding after ploughing. There are significant differences between these results and the results obtained in the trials with direct seeding, due to the fact that the luvosoil at Simnic Research and Development Station is a „cold” soil, with a higher clay content, a lower aeration porosity – it needs a better mobilisation.