Surface Soil Physical Properties After Twelve Years of Dryland No-Till Management

Water is the principle limiting factor in dryland cropping systems. Surface soil physical properties influence infiltration and cropping systems under no-till management may affect these properties through residue addition. The objectives of this study were: (i) to determine how cropping intensity and topographic position affect soil bulk density, porosity, sorptivity, and aggregate stability in the surface 2.5 cm of soils at three eastern Colorado sites; and (ii) to relate these properties to crop residue returned to the soil surface. No-till cropping systems had been in place on three slope positions, at three sites, for 12 yr prior to this study. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-corn (Zea mays L.)-fallow (WCF) and continuous cropping (CC) systems were compared with wheat-fallow (WF) on summit and toeslope positions at two sites (Sterling and Stratton), and at the third site (Walsh) wheat-sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]-fallow (WSF) replaced WCF. Cropping systems (CC and WCF or WSF) that returned more crop residue decreased bulk density and increased total and effective porosities compared with WF. Site and slope positions that produced more crop residue also improved these properties. However, sorptivity developed no significant differences as a result of cropping system. Macroaggregates made up a higher percentage of total aggregates in CC and WCF or WSF compared with WF in proportion to residue added and were also a function of clay content of the soil at different sites and slope positions. These factors enhance the potential for greater infiltration and hence greater water availability for crops.

• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Soil Science Society of America Journal

• Publication date

  2002-07-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2136/SSSAJ2002.1296
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Technical Note: Rapid Measurement of Soil Sorptivity

  1999cited by this paper
• Carbon and nitrogen

  1998cited by this paper
• Dryland cropping intensification: a fundamental solution to efficient use of precipitation

  1998cited by this paper
• Tillage System and Crop Residue Effects on Surface Compaction of a Paleustoll

  1996cited by this paper
• Soil physical properties related to soil structure

  1994cited by this paper
• Tillage and winter wheat residue management effects on water infiltration and storage

  1993cited by this paper
• Agroecosystem approach to soil and crop management research

  1993cited by this paper
• Infiltration in a Piedmont soil under three tillage systems

  1993cited by this paper
• Carbon and Nitrogen Distribution in Aggregates from Cultivated and Native Grassland Soils

  1993cited by this paper
• Tillage- and Traffic-Induced Changes in Macroporosity and Macropore Continuity: Air Permeability Assessment

  1992cited by this paper
• Infiltration of Simulated Rainfall: Tillage System and Crop Residue Effects

  1992cited by this paper
• Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on bulk density and soil impedance in northern Idaho

  1989influential reference
• EVALUATION OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING EFFECTIVE POROSITY DATA

  1989cited by this paper
• Aggregate structure and carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in native and cultivated soils

  1986influential reference
• Macroporosity to characterize spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity and effects of land management

  1984cited by this paper
• Organic matter and water‐stable aggregates in soils

  1982cited by this paper
• The management of ryegrass to stabilise aggregates of a red brown earth

  1980cited by this paper
• The Theory of Infiltration

  1958cited by this paper
• THE THEORY OF INFILTRATION: 4. SORPTIVITY AND ALGEBRAIC INFILTRATION EQUATIONS

  1957cited by this paper
• Soil Physics

  1941cited by this paper

• Impact of Different Agroecological Practices for Weed Management on Weeds and Crops Development

  2025cites this paper
• Investigation of the impact of seawater intrusion on the agricultural land quality along river margins

  2025cites this paper
• Synergies and trade‐offs between ecosystem services and economics in dryland cover crop systems

  2025cites this paper
• OPTIMIZING RICE STRAW UTILIZATION FOR SOIL ENHANCEMENT: A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO RICE STRAW MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON SOIL PROPERTIES

  2024influential citation
• The divergent role of straw return in soil O2 dynamics elucidates its confounding effect on soil N2O emission

  2024cites this paper
• Simulating long-term soil carbon storage, greenhouse gas balance, and crop yields in semi-arid cropping systems using DayCent model

  2024cites this paper
• Long‐term soil change in the US Great Plains: An evaluation of the Haas Soil Archive

  2024cites this paper
• Comparing dry farming of tomatoes across varieties and soil management history

  2024cites this paper
• Long-Term Impact of the Continuous Use of Organic Manures on Crop and Soil Productivity under Maize–Potato–Onion Cropping Systems

  2023cites this paper
• Biochar as a carbonaceous material to enhance soil quality in drylands ecosystems: A review.

  2023cites this paper
• Impacts of Soil Erosion on Soil Quality and Agricultural Sustainability in the North-Western Himalayan Region of India

  2023cites this paper
• Effect of Different Tillage and Residue Management Options on Soil Water Transmission and Mechanical Behavior

  2023cites this paper
• Rotation of planting strips and reduction in nitrogen fertilizer application can reduce nitrogen loss and optimize its balance in maize–peanut intercropping

  2023cites this paper
• Hillslope elements and soil–landscape analysis in Himalayas for characterizing soil quality parameters using digital terrain model and remote-sensing data

  2023cites this paper
• Tillage practices influence winter wheat grain yield prediction using seasonal precipitation

  2023cites this paper
• Soil Health Assessment and Management Framework for Water-Limited Environments: Examples from the Great Plains of the USA

  2023cites this paper
• Seed Characterization and Evaluation of Pre-Germinative Barriers in the Genus Alstroemeria (Alstroemeriaceae)

  2023cites this paper
• Soil physical environment and active carbon pool in rice-wheat system of South Asia: Impact of long-term conservation agriculture practices

  2022cites this paper
• No-tillage and fertilizer-nitrogen improved sorghum yield in dryland wheat–sorghum–fallow rotation

  2022cites this paper
• Furrow-irrigated corn residue management and tillage strategies for improved soil health

  2022cites this paper
• Effects of Straw Mulching and Reduced Tillage on Crop Production and Environment: A Review

  2022cites this paper
• Soil organic carbon dynamics in multipurpose cropping systems

  2022cites this paper
• Relating soil physical properties to other soil properties and crop yields

  2022cites this paper
• Photosynthetic and yield responses of rotating planting strips and reducing nitrogen fertilizer application in maize–peanut intercropping in dry farming areas

  2022cites this paper
• Agricultural Innovation and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Rice–Wheat Cropping Systems in South Asia

  2021cites this paper
• Soil physical and hydrological properties as affected by a five‐year history of poultry litter applied to a cotton–corn–soybean rotation system

  2021cites this paper
• Mapping farmer perceptions, Conservation Agriculture practices and on-farm measurements: The role of systems thinking in the process of adoption

  2021cites this paper
• Evaluation of tillage effect on maize production using a modified least limiting water range approach

  2021cites this paper
• Cropping diversity with rice influences soil aggregate formation and nutrient storage under different tillage systems

  2021cites this paper
• Impacts of tillage practice on the productivity of durum wheat in Ethiopia

  2021cites this paper
• Science‐based maize stover removal can be sustainable

  2021cites this paper
• Adaptive Land Management for Climate-Smart Agriculture

  2021cites this paper
• Cover crops reduce soil resistance to penetration by preserving soil surface water content

  2021cites this paper
• Water-Saving Agricultural Technologies: Regional Hydrology Outcomes and Knowledge Gaps in the Eastern Gangetic Plains—A Review

  2021cites this paper
• Can Conservation Agriculture Deliver Its Benefits in Arid Soils?: An Overview

  2021cites this paper
• Energy budgeting and carbon footprints of three tillage systems in maize-wheat sequence of north-western Indo-Gangetic Plains

  2021cites this paper
• Advancement in Soil Testing with New Age Sensors: Indian Perspective

  2020cites this paper
• Soil Analysis: Recent Trends and Applications

  2020cites this paper
• Productivity and water use efficiency of intensified dryland cropping systems under low precipitation in Pacific Northwest, USA

  2020cites this paper
• Effect of Tillage Systems on Soil Properties and Yield of Wheat and Rice in Rotation

  2020influential citation
• Agronomic and economic impacts of cover crops in Texas rolling plains cotton

  2020cites this paper
• Effects of land-use/cover change on soil hydraulic properties and pore characteristics in a semi-arid region of central Iran

  2020cites this paper
• The effects of dryland cropping system intensity on soil function and associated changes in macrofauna communities

  2020cites this paper
• Integral water capacity (IWC) and least limiting water range (LLWR): prediction using plant growth indices and soil properties

  2020cites this paper
• Conservation agriculture machinery and their effect on carbon foot print

  2020cites this paper
• Soil and crop management systems that ameliorate damage caused by decades of dryland agroecosystem mismanagement

  2020cites this paper
• Residual zinc improves soil health, productivity and grain quality of rice in conventional and conservation tillage wheat-based systems

  2020influential citation
• Hydrology and Erosion Processes

  2020cites this paper
• Variation in the yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) due to differing tillage systems is associated with variation in solute potential of the soil solution in a salt-affected coastal region of the Ganges Delta

  2020cites this paper
• Effects of residue management and nitrogen fertilizer rates on accumulation of soil residual nitrate and wheat yield under no-tillage system in south-west of Iran

  2020cites this paper
• Soil water infiltration after oilseed crop introduction into a Pacific Northwest winter wheat–fallow rotation

  2020influential citation
• Assessing aggregate stability of soils under various land use/land cover in a watershed of Mid-Himalayan Landscape

  2019cites this paper
• Rice–wheat cropping systems in South Asia: issues, options and opportunities

  2019cites this paper
• ENHANCING CROP PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH AMELIORATION OF SUBSURFACE SOIL COMPACTION

  2019cites this paper
• Effect of land use type on organic C, physical properties and stability indices of soils in Nanka area, southeast Nigeria

  2019cites this paper
• Soil Carbon Sequestration in Crop Production

  2019cites this paper
• Soil Aggregate Stability and Aggregate-Associated Carbon Fractions under Different Tillage Systems of Rice-Wheat Rotation in North India

  2019cites this paper
• Crop rotation and residue management effects under no till on the soil quality of a Haplic Cambisol in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

  2019cites this paper
• Impact of Resource Conserving Technologies (RCT) on soil physical properties and rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) yield in irrigated agriculture areas of the South-Eastern Kazakhstan

  2019cites this paper
• Conservation Agriculture Practices to Improve the Soil Water Management and Soil Carbon Storage in Mediterranean Rainfed Agro-Ecosystems

  2019cites this paper
• WATER -PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CHERNOZEM SOILS UNDER NO-TILL AND MINIMUM TILL TECHNOLOGIES OF WHEAT CULTIVATION

  2018cites this paper
• Influence of terrain attributes and soil properties on soil aggregate stability

  2018cites this paper
• Cowpathy and Vedic Krishi to Empower Food and Nutritional Security and Improve Soil Health: A Review

  2018cites this paper
• Effects of 5 years of corn residue grazing and baling on nitrogen cycling, soil compaction, and wind erosion potential

  2018cites this paper
• Post-reclamation Age Effects on Soil Physical Properties and Microbial Activity Under Forest and Pasture Ecosystems

  2018cites this paper
• Effects of Tillage and Residue Management Practices on Soil and Root Parameters in Soybean (Glycine max)–Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Cropping System

  2018cites this paper
• IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF DEGRADED AGRICULTURAL LAND IN MOUNTAIN AREAS: A LITERATURE STUDY OF POSSIBLE METHODS FOR THE GORNO-BADAKHSHAN

  2018cites this paper
• Intensifying rotations increases soil carbon, fungi, and aggregation in semi-arid agroecosystems

  2018cites this paper
• Comparison of Two Tillage Practices in a Semi‐Arid Cotton–Grain Sorghum Rotation

  2018cites this paper
• Crop rotation and residue management effects on soil enzyme activities, glomalin and aggregate stability under zero tillage in the Indo-Gangetic Plains

  2018cites this paper
• Current knowledge and future research directions to link soil health and water conservation in the Ogallala Aquifer region

  2018cites this paper
• Wheat-Maize Intercropping With Reduced Tillage and Straw Retention: A Step Towards Enhancing Economic and Environmental Benefits in Arid Areas

  2018cites this paper
• Soil physical properties under zero and conventional tillage systems for a rice wheat cropping system

  2018cites this paper
• LONG-TERM IMPACT OF TILLAGE AND CROPPING MANAGEMENTS ON SOIL HYDRO-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND YIELD

  2017cites this paper
• Effects of tillage practice on soil structure, N2O emissions and economics in cereal production under current socio-economic conditions in central Bosnia and Herzegovina

  2017cites this paper
• Potential for and implications of cover cropping and grazing cover crops in wheat agroecosystems in Montana

  2017influential citation
• Importance of soil organic carbon in near-surface soil water content estimation: A simple model comparison in dry-end Canadian Prairie soils

  2017cites this paper
• Effect of tillage practices on least limiting water range in Northwest India

  2017cites this paper
• Replacing fallow with forage triticale in a dryland wheat-corn-fallow rotation may increase profitability

  2017cites this paper
• EFFECT OF LAND MANAG EMENT PRACTI CES ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY IN WHEAT - MAIZE SYSTEM OF NORTH WEST INDIA

  2017cites this paper
• Enhancing Yield and Water Productivity of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Through Sowing Methods and Irrigation Schedules under Light Textured Soil of Western Uttar Pradesh, India

  2017cites this paper
• EFFECT OF LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY IN WHEAT-MAIZE SYSTEM OF NORTHWEST INDIA

  2017cites this paper
• Corn stover harvest changes soil hydrology and soil aggregation

  2016cites this paper
• Crop establishment methods: foliar and basal nourishment of rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation affecting growth parameters, water saving, productivity and soil physical properties

  2016cites this paper
• Comparison of Two Tillage Practices on a Semi-Arid Rotational Cropping System

  2016cites this paper
• Estimation of runoff mitigation by morphologically different cover crop root systems

  2016cites this paper
• Soil physical properties, yield trends and economics after five years of conservation agriculture based rice-maize system in north-western India

  2016cites this paper
• Phosphorus adsorption and desorption in undisturbed samples from subtropical soils under conventional tillage or no-tillage

  2016cites this paper
• Goodness of fit of three infiltration models of a soil under long-term trial in Samaru, Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria

  2016cites this paper
• Productivity, quality and soil health of rice-(Oryza sativa L.) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping system in relation to long term integrated nutrient management

  2016cites this paper
• A process-based model of methane consumption by upland soils

  2016cites this paper
• Conservation Agriculture: Its effects on crop and soil in rice-based cropping systems in Bangladesh

  2016cites this paper
• Evaluating Potential Dryland Cropping Systems Adapted to Climate Change in the Central Great Plains

  2016cites this paper
• Tillage, Crop Establishment, and Weed Management for Improving Productivity, Nutrient Uptake, and Soil Physico-chemical Properties in Soybean-wheat Cropping System

  2016cites this paper
• Effect of antecedent soil moisture content on soil critical shear stress in agricultural watersheds

  2016cites this paper
• Nitrogen fertilization and conservation tillage: a review on growth, yield, and greenhouse gas emissions in cotton

  2016cites this paper
• Least limiting water range for two conservation agriculture cropping systems in India

  2015cites this paper
• Management of crop water under drought: a review

  2015cites this paper
• Increasing corn yield with no-till cropping systems: a case study in South Dakota

  2015cites this paper
• Soil aggregate stability within morphologically diverse areas

  2015cites this paper