No-Tillage Seeding

Science and Practice

C.J. Baker, K.E. Saxton

and  W.R. Ritchie
 
 

'Centre for International No-tillage Research

and Engineering (CENTRE), Feilding, New Zealand

2 United States Department of Agriculture,

Agricultural Research Service,

Washington State University, USA

CAB INTERNATIONAL



 
 

CAB INTERNATIONAL

Wallingford

Oxon OX 10 8DE

UK

 Tel: +44 (0)1491 8 32 111

Fax: +44 (0)14918 3 3 508

E-mail: cabi@)cabi.org

Telex: 84 79 64 (COMAG G G)

©CAB INTERNATIONAL 1996. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically. mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 0 8 5199 10 3 3

Typeset in Photina by AMA Graphics Ltd Printed and bound in the UK at the University Press, Cambridge

Contents

Preface

1 The'Why'and 'What' of No-tillage

2 The Nature of Risk in No-tillage

3 Seeding Openers and Slot Shape

4 The Role of Slot Cover

5 Drilling into Dry Soils

6 Drilling into Wet Soils

7 Seed Metering and Placement

8 Fertilizer Placement Effects

9 Residue Handling by Openers, Drills and Planters

10 Pasture Renewal and Renovation

11 No-tillage Drill and Planter Design

12 Managing a No-tillage Seeding Systern

13 Procedures for Development and TechnologyTransfer

14 Summary and Conclusions

References

Index