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Kemink subsoiling before and after planting

Bugge Henriksen, Christian; Rasmussen, Jesper and Søgaard, Carsten (2005) Kemink subsoiling before and after planting. Soil & Tillage Research, 80, pp. 59-68.

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Summary

The Kemink Exact Soil Management System is a non-inversion soil management system based on subsoiling, ridges and controlled traffic. Previous studies have documented benefits of the Kemink system used in its entirety, but the isolated effect of Kemink subsoiling has not been investigated before. To determine the isolated effect of Kemink subsoiling before and after planting two field experiments in sugar beet and barley were conducted in 1999 and 2000 under low nutrient input conditions in a conventional soil management system without recognized compaction problems. Kemink subsoiling after planting generally showed a negative effect on the growth and yield of both crops, whereas subsoiling before planting increased sugar beet yield from 8.4 to 9.5 t ha-1 and sugar beet nitrogen uptake from 48.5 to 57.4 kg ha-1. There was no effect of subsoiling before planting on the grain yield of barley. The negative effect of subsoiling after planting was more pronounced in 1999 than in 2000, and more pronounced in spring barley. The study shows that Kemink subsoiling after planting involves a significant risk of crop damage and cannot be expected to improve crop performance in conventional soil management systems in its current form, whereas Kemink subsoiling before planting may have potential as a measure to increase yield of sugar beet and possibly other row crops too, under low nutrient input conditions.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Subsoiling, loosening, ripping, Kemink, in-row, inter-row
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Production systems > Cereals, pulses and oilseeds
Crop husbandry > Production systems
Crop husbandry > Production systems > Root crops
Crop husbandry > Soil tillage
Research affiliation: Denmark > DARCOF II (2000-2005) > I. 6 (CARMINA) Cultivation in ridges and mixed cropping
Denmark > DARCOF I (1996-2001) > I.3 Fertility and soil tillage
Deposited By: Henriksen, Christian Bugge
ID Code:1568
Deposited On:07 Oct 2003
Last Modified:18 Mar 2013 09:01
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information:Journal homepage: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01671987

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