Comparison of tillage and direct drilling for Italian ryegrass on the properties of a fine sandy loam soil.

Abstract

The soil physical, biological and chemical condition was assessed under cultivated and direct-drilled systems for annual establishment of Lolium multiflorum on Prince Edward Island. The study was conducted at two sites on a Charlottetown fine sandy loam, an Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol (Haplorthod). Although the tillage comparisons produced significant changes in soil porosity, pore-size distribution, pore continuity, aggregation and soil strength, the range in physical properties was within the range considered optimum for soil structure.-from Authors