Zero tillage or No tillage
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Zero tillage: Zero tillage is an extreme form of minimum tillage. In this system mechanical soil manipulation is reduced to only minimum number of traffic. In conventional method 5 to 8 tillage trips which are reduced to only one in zero tillage.

Types of zero tillage

1. Till planting
Till planting is one method of practicing zero tillage. A wide sweep and trash bar clears a strip over the previous crop row and planter opens a narrow strip into which seeds are planted and covered. Here herbicide functions are extended. Before sowing, the vegetation present has to be destroyed for which broad spectrum non selective herbicides are used.

2. Sod planting or Sod culture
Sod refers to top few centimeters of soil permeated by and held together with grass roots. Planting of seeds in sods without any tillage operation is known as sod planting or sod culture.


Zero Tillage Seed Drill for wheat sowing