Impacts of winter wheat and cover crops on soil microbial diversity in a corn–soybean no‐till cropping system in Quebec (Canada) by Blandine Giusti, Richard Hogue, Thomas Jeanne, Marc Lucotte

“…Abstract Intensive agriculture based on repeatedly plowing a monoculture is known to degrade the structural, chemical, and biological properties of soils. …”
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A Novel Force Control Strategy for Improved Surface Integrity in Low Plasticity Burnishing by Livatyali H.

“…As the ball proceeded further, a plowing effect developed such that when a 3.5–4.8 mm deep pool was formed (at a vertical force of 150 N), a peak of 2.8 mm was produced at the front end. …”
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Soil Erosion in Extensive versus Intensive Land Uses in Areas Sensitive to Desertification: A Case Study in Beira Baixa, Portugal by Adélia N. Nunes, João Pedro Gonçalves, Albano Figueiredo

“…Such changes are characterized by the replacement of extensive olive groves associated with pastureland by intensive almond production, where deep plowing and heavy machinery are required. In each sampling site, runoff initiation, runoff coefficient, and soil loss were evaluated under simulated rainfall (55 mm h⁻¹), at plot scale (0.25 m²), at the end of the hot and dry summer period. …”
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Low to Zero Concentrations of Airborne Bacterial Pathogens and Indicator <i>E. coli</i> in Proximity to Beef Cattle Feedlots in Imperial Valley, California by Xiaohong Wei, Amlan Aggrawal, Ronald F. Bond, Edward R. Atwill

“…Logistic regression analyses revealed a higher odds of <i>E. coli</i> for samples in close proximity compared to >610 m (2000 ft) distance from feedlots, along with significant associations with meteorological factors, sampling hour of day, and the presence of a dust-generating activity such as plowing a field or nearby vehicular traffic. The lack of bacterial pathogen detection suggests airborne deposition from nearby feedlots may not be a significant mechanism of leafy green bacterial pathogen contamination; the result of our study provides data to inform future revisions of produce-safety guidance.…”
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Estimation of nitrogen leaching load from agricultural fields in the Puck Commune with an interactive calculator by Dawid Dybowski, Lidia Anita Dzierzbicka-Glowacka, Stefan Pietrzak, Dominika Juszkowska, Tadeusz Puszkarczuk

“…The influence of factors shaping the amount of N leaching from a single field has been analyzed, and it has been determined that autumn plowing (specifically its absence) and the type of cultivated soil had the greatest average influence on this value in the studied sample. …”
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ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES OF GRAIN PRODUCTION by V. B. Rykov, S. I. Kambulov, I. A. Kambulov, N. V. Shevchenko, S. D. Ridny, A. S. Popov

“…The experiments have been carried out in the conditions of stationary trials in the four crop rotation sequences with different variants of tillage (moldboard, subsoil), including the variants without plowing. The calculation of economic efficiency includes the definition of the labor costs per 1 ha of sowing and per 1 hwt of products, a relative amount of investments, fuel consumption, maintenance costs and the prime cost of production, etc. …”
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Features of modern genesis of the Ishim steppe watershed plain soils by Yu. V. Kravtsov, E. N. Smolentseva

“…The groundwater level raising in the modern period, which is a consequence of the mass plowing and functioning of impenetrable protective forest belts in the study area, caused the appearance of neo-hydromorphism in watershed plain soils and the formation of quasi-clay subtypes. …”
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Seedling Growth Performance of Four Forest Species with Different Techniques of Soil Tillage Used in Romanian Nurseries by Nicuşor Boja, Stelian Alexandru Borz

“…This study compares two seedbed tillage systems, termed as traditional (T, plowing, disk harrowing and cultivation) and minimal (M, scarifying and rototilling) in terms of physical properties of the soils and seedling growth, accounting for the variation induced by the local soil and climate conditions (three forest nurseries) as a separate factor. …”
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Equipment and Technology Application for Washing Highly Saline Soils by F. U. Zhuraev, F. Sh. Musulmanov

“…It was found that soil decomposition with the chisel at a depth of 0.45 meters, and after plowing at a depth of 0.35 meters followed by soil washing, reduced the salt content from 0.978 percent to 0.198-0.578 percent, at the same time the desalinization coefficient was 1.7-4.9. …”
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Agrobiological and technological methods of increase of erosion-preventive potential of soils in crop rotation by M. S. Shevchenko, S. M. Shevchenko, O. M. Shevchenko, K. A. Derevenets-Shevchenko, N. V. Shvets

“…It has been proved that the application of chisel disk cultivation of soil and No-till under spring barley and winter wheat in comparison with the most erosion-dangerous element - plowing in bare fallow reduces the displays of water erosion in 2,4‒3,3 times. …”
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The effectiveness of use of water-saving technologies against erosion in hilly areas land by Rakhmonov Dilshod, Yuldoshev Khushnudbek, Khalikov A.

“…The water economy during the irrigation season is 400-878 m3/ha. Fuel economy in plowing was 3-4 liters per hectare. The number of swimmers has halved. …”
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Introduction by Anna Cant, Claudio Robles Ortiz

“…We seek to disseminate works on a wide range of topics, processes and problems, from technical and economic issues, such as production methods in the ever-challenging field of “cows and plows agricultural history”, to cultural representations of the “countryside”, which are often politically charged and not always so subtle or sophisticated. …”
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Adverse Effects of Infant Formula Made with Corn-Syrup Solids on the Development of Eating Behaviors in Hispanic Children by Hailey E. Hampson, Roshonda B. Jones, Paige K. Berger, Jasmine F. Plows, Kelsey A. Schmidt, Tanya L. Alderete, Michael I. Goran

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Optimizing Soil Management for Sustainable Viticulture: Insights from a Rendzic Leptosol Vineyard in the Nitra Wine Region, Slovakia by Vladimír Šimanský, Elżbieta Wójcik-Gront, Jerzy Jonczak, Ján Horák

“…Soil samples were collected each spring from two depths, 0–30 cm, and 30–60 cm, with the following treatments: T—soil tillage, P + FYM—plowed farmyard manure, G—grass strips, G + NPK1—first-level fertilization, and G + NPK2—second-level fertilization, from 2019 to 2023. …”
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Impact of ice formations on the shore and bottom areas of shallow seas and large lakes of middle and subarctic latitudes by S. V. Maznev, S. A. Ogorodov

“…At the bottoms, typical ice scours (plowing furrows) have a dip along the central axis, as well as side and pressure rollers at the ends of the furrows. …”
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A Sprayer Movement Model for Treating Reeds in Rice Irrigation System by Evgeny V. Truflyak, Vyacheslav E. Khusnetdinov

“…Based on the sprayer movement model, the range of boom position variation differs from the regulated value for plowing – 3.1 %; rice stubble – 1.4 %; rape – 0.6 %; clean fallow – 2.3 %; winte r wheat – 1.4 %. …”
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Redescription of Apanteles mimoristae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a parasitoid of the native pyralid cactus moth Melitara cf. nephelepasa in central Mexico by Renato Villegas-Luján, Robert Plowes, Lawrence E. Gilbert, Julio Cesar Rodríguez, Ricardo Canales-del-Castillo, Gabriel Gallegos-Morales, Martha P. España-Luna, José Fernández-Triana, Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña

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Effects of Freeze–Thaw Cycles on Soil Nitrogen Transformation in Improved Saline Soils from an Irrigated Area in Northeast China by Siyu Nie, Xian Jia, Yuanchun Zou, Jianmin Bian

“…The research results are significant for preventing nitrate leaching and soil acidification during spring plowing and providing a scientific basis for fertilization systems and water environment pollution in improved saline soils.…”
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Comparative characteristics of the land use structure for different types of territorial communities by I. Y. Chebolda, I. R. Kuzyk

“…According to the results of comparative assessment of the land use structure of urban, township and rural territorial communities, it was found that all three types of communities are characterized by a high degree of plowing (˃60%) and low forest share (5-10%). The share of natural lands within the studied territorial communities is 23-30%. …”
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Strength and Durability Characteristics of Soil-Cutting Working Tools by D. A. Mironov, S. A. Sidorov, I. V. Liskin

“…The plowshare blade is the most loaded and important part, as its parameters determine the quality, energy and economic indicators of the technological operation of plowing. (Research purpose) To determine and confi rm theoretically material and technological parameters of low quality level of domestic plowshares manufactured without the use of modern technologies. …”
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