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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">SED</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Solid Earth Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">SED</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Solid Earth Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1869-9537</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/se-2017-13</article-id>
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<article-title>The effects of tillage methods on soil aggregation and crop yields in a wheat-corn rotation under semi-arid conditions</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tabiehzad</surname>
<given-names>Hossein</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cayci</surname>
<given-names>Gokhan</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Afshar Pour Rezaeieh</surname>
<given-names>Kiarash</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4756-5052</ext-link>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of soil and water, Agricultural Research Center of West Azerbaijan, Urmia,  Iran</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department of Field Crops, Agricultural Faculty, Igdir Un iversity, Igdir, Turkey</addr-line>
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<day>01</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
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<volume>2017</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>20</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2017 Hossein Tabiehzad et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
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<p>In this study, the effects of different tillage methods under wheat-corn two-course rotation system on the some soil aggregation properties and yields were investigated. Experiment was laid out in a split plot design with three replications during four crop years. Subsoiler, moldboard, sweep and chisel as main plots and rotary tiller and disc harrow as sub-plots have been used in this study. The results showed that tillage methods were significant at (P&amp;thinsp;&lt;&amp;thinsp;0.01) as regards crop yields, and the highest yields as 6249 and 11720&amp;thinsp;kg/ha for wheat and 9891 and 73080&amp;thinsp;kg/ha for corn grain and biomass were produced in subsoiler treatment, respectively. Subsoiler+rotarytiller treatment was significant at (P&amp;thinsp;&lt;&amp;thinsp;0.05) with 2.063&amp;thinsp;mm as to mean weight diameter (MWD) value. The subsoiler and chisel were statistically in the same group with regard of water stable aggregates (WSA) value, and it was significant at (P&amp;thinsp;&lt;&amp;thinsp;0.05) with 67,83&amp;thinsp;%. Bulk density, total porosity and air porosity values were significant at (P&amp;thinsp;&lt;&amp;thinsp;0.01), and 1.38&amp;thinsp;grcm-3, 51.2&amp;thinsp;% and 12.5&amp;thinsp;% values were determined in rotary tiller application, respectively. Field capacity (FC) and permanent wilting point (PWP) were significant at (P&amp;thinsp;&lt;&amp;thinsp;0.05) and (P&amp;thinsp;&lt;&amp;thinsp;0.01) with 31.89&amp;thinsp;% and 17.21&amp;thinsp;% values in the chisel treatment, respectively. Crop yields and positive effects on the physical properties were considered subsoiler+rotary tiller treatment was the most successful, and it was followed by chisel+rotary tiller treatment according to four-year study results.

Key words: Soil quality, subsoiler, chiesel, soil structure</p>
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