Tillage effects on some soil physical and corn physiological characteristics

(...) Field experiments were conducted in 1987 and 1988 in New York on a tile-drained silt loam soil (fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aeric Haplaquept) to determine to what extent conventional tillage (CT), no-till (NT), and ridge tillage (RT) systems influence soil temperature and soil water conditions, thereby influencing CO 2 exchange rates (CER) and growth of corn (...)