mouldboard plough

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mouldboard plough - plow that has a moldboard

moldboard plow

colter, coulter - a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil

landside - component consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard

lister plough, lister plow, middle buster, middlebreaker, lister - moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow

moldboard, mouldboard - wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow

plow, plough - a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

ploughshare, plowshare, share - a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

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A tillage experiment, consisting of two treatments, mouldboard plough (MP) and no tillage (NT), was established in a randomized complete block design with four replicates.

Short-term effects of tillage practices on soil organic carbon turnover assessed by [delta][sup.13]C abundance in particle-size fractions of black soils from northeast China

Mouldboard plough is the most efficient tillage implement for seed bed preparation and weed eradication in Pakistan.

Current scenario of weed management in Pakistan

The main tillage in CT was ploughing with a mouldboard plough at a depth of 23-25 cm.

Distribution of organic carbon in humic and granulodensimetric fractions of soil as influenced by tillage and crop rotation/ Orgaanilise susiniku paiknemine huumuse ja granulodensimeetrilistes fraktsioonides soltuvalt mullaharimisest ning kulvikorrast

Three tillage treatments (conventional tillage (2-cultivation), tillage with mouldboard plough + 2-cultivation and tillage with chisel plough + 2-cultivation) were kept in main plots, while nitrogen application at different growth stages (Whole at sowing, 1/2 at sowing + 1/2 at V5 (5-leaf stage), 1/2 at sowing + 1/2 at tasseling, 1/2 at V5 + 1/2 at tasseling, 1/3 at sowing + 1/3 at V5 + 1/3 at tasseling) in sub-plots.

RESPONSE OF MAIZE TO TILLAGE AND NITROGEN MANAGEMENT

However, a long-term conventional tillage with mouldboard plough causes severe SOM reduction in agricultural soils (Six et al., 2000) and is responsible for reducing soil organic carbon levels by up to 70% (Lal & Bruce, 1999).

The impact of alternative soil tillage on soil resistance and C[O.sup.2] emissions

The mouldboard plough has one of the most complex shapes of tillage implements and has been developing for centuries.

Effect of tillage methods and use magnetic water on greenhouse cucumber yield in north of Khuzestan, Iran

In all but the mouldboard plough plot, all tractor operations were carried out in 2 passes of 2.8-m-wide equipment using a medium tractor with rear tyres approximately 0.32 cm in width, so about 75% of plot area was unaffected by tractor wheels, unless deliberately compacted.

Traffic and tillage effects on runoff and soil loss on the Loess Plateau of northern China

Keywords: Modeling, mouldboard plough, soil degradation, tillage erosion, tillage translocation

Modeling the effects of complex topography and patterns of tillage on soil translocation by tillage with mouldboard plough

The initial cultivation of Paddock B was performed on 30 March 2011 using a mouldboard plough, which produced furrows 0.25 m deep and 0.40 m wide.

Evidence for soil carbon enhancement through deeper mouldboard ploughing at pasture renovation on a Typic Fragiaqualf

The conventional tillage (CT) system is based on a high intensity of soil engagement and inversion of the soil with mouldboard plough (Fig.