Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVI, Issue 1
Written by Ilie Cătălin DINUȚĂ, Doru Ioan MARIN
The research was carried out in the experimental field in the ARDS Pitesti area on the typical luvosol soil. The paper contains results obtained in 2022 regarding the effect of pedo-ameliorative and basic soil works - classic and unconventional system direct sowing - on agricultural maize crops. The yields were influenced by the factors studied (scarified, nonscarified; the working depth of the basic soil works), but also by the climatic conditions recorded during the research period. The average grain maize yield in 2022 was 7707 kg/ha in the conventional system with the scarified soil variant and 6681 kg/ha in the conventional system with the nonscarified soil variant with a difference of 1026 kg/ha in the advantage of the scarified soil variants. From an economic point of view, the most efficient soil tillage system, in the ARDS Pitesti-Albota area, for maize culture is the conventional deep plowing scarified system that ensures superior profitability compared to the conservative system sown directly because of the achieved yield.
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