Citation
Soldevilla Martínez, María and Martin-Lammerding, D. and Tenorio, J.L. and Walter, I. and Quemada Saenz-Badillos, Miguel and Lizaso Oñate, Jon Iñaqui
(2012).
Simulating improved combinations tillage-rotation under dryland conditions..
In: "ESA12. 12th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy", 20/08/2013 - 24/08/2013, Helsinki, Finland. ISBN 978-952-10-4323-9. pp. 306-307.
Abstract
The adequate combination of reduced tillage and crop rotation could increase the viability of dry land agriculture in Mediterrenean zones. Crop simulation models can support to examine various tillage-rotation combinations and explore management scenarios. The decision support system for agrotechnology transfer (DSSAT) (Hoogenboom et al., 2010) provides a suite of crop models suitable for this task. The objective of this work was to simulate the effects of two tillage systems, conventional tillage (ConvT) and no tillage (NoT), and three crop rotations, continuous cereal (CC), fallow-cereal (FallowC) and legume-cereal (LegumeC), under dry conditions, on the cereal yield, soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (SON) in a 15-year experiment, comparing these simulations with field observations.