Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-391-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-391-2022
Original research article
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31 May 2022
Original research article |  | 31 May 2022

The effect of tillage depth and traffic management on soil properties and root development during two growth stages of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

David Hobson, Mary Harty, Saoirse R. Tracy, and Kevin McDonnell

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Tillage practices and traffic management have significant implications for root architecture, plant growth, and, ultimately, crop yield. Soil cores were extracted from a long-term tillage trial to measure the relationship between soil physical properties and root growth. We found that no-traffic and low-tyre-pressure methods significantly increased rooting properties and crop yield under zero-tillage conditions compared to conventionally managed deep-tillage treatments with high tyre pressures.