Operation Effects (cont)
Ø Disturb surface
- For mechanical soil disturbance that loosens soil
- Tillage type (inversion, mixing+some inversion,
mixing only, lifting fracturing, compression)
determines where residue is placed in soil and
how residue and roots are redistributed within soil
- Buries and resurfaces residue based on ratios that
depend on residue type
- Tillage intensity (degree that existing roughness is
obliterated)
- Recommended, minimum, maximum depths
- Initial ridge height
- Initial, final roughness (for the base condition)
- Fraction surface area disturbed (tilled strips)