Influence of minimal soil tillage on its fertility maintenance, development and distribution of pests as well as crops’ yield and quality in resowings Project leader Biruta Bankina Team of project Biruta Bankina Gunita Bimšteine Jānis Kaņeps Ilze Vircava Adrija Dorbe Madara Misule Zinta Gaile Duration 2018 - 2021 Research focus 3.Studies of the basic resources of the bioeconomy – land, soil, water – to ensure sustainable use and reduce pollution Source of funding Ministry of Agriculture projects Description of project The aim of research The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of reduced soil tillage, compared to ploughing on soil sustainability and biodiversity conservation: yield and quality, long-term changes in soil physical properties and chemical composition, development and spread of harmful organisms. The tasks of project: To assess crops yield and quality depending on soil tillage system and crop rotationTo analyse soil physical properties and utilization of plants nutrients depending on soil tillage system and crop rotationTo determine long-term changes in the weed spectrum and the spread of plant diseases and the spectrum of their causal agents depending on the soil treatment and plant rotation Results 1. Bankina B., Bimšteine G., Arhipova I., Kaņeps J., Darguža (2021) Impact of crop rotation and soil tillage on the severity of winter wheat leaf blotches. Rural Sustainability Research. 45(340): 21–27.; 2. Bankina B., Bimšteine G., Paulovska L., Paura L., Pavloviča O., Kaņeps J., Neusa-Luca I., Roga A., Fridmanis D. (2019). Effects of soil tillage and crop rotation on the development of wheat stem base diseases. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 41(3), 435-442.; 3. Bankina B., Kaņeps J., Darguža M., Bimšteine G. (2022) Development of wheat leaf blotches depending on soil tillage system. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1096, 012002, 7 pp.; 4. Bankina B., Bimšteine G., Neusa-Luca I., Kaņeps J., Roga A., Fridmanis D. (2020). Wheat stem base diseases and their causal agents. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 578, 012001, 6 pp.; 5. Darguza M. Gaile Z. (2023). Productivity of crop rotation depending on included plants and soil tillage. Agriculture. 13, Article No. 1751; 6. Darguza M., Gaile Z. (2020). The effect of crop rotation and soil tillage on winter wheat yield. In: “Research for Rural Development 2020”, Annual 26th International Scientific Conference Proceedings (13–15 May, 2020), Vol. 35. Jelgava: LLU, p. 14–21; 7. Darguza M., Gaile Z. (2019). Yield and Quality of Winter Wheat, Depending on Crop Rotation and Soil Tillage. In: “Research for Rural Development 2019”, Annual 25th International Scientific Conference Proceedings (15–17 May, 2019). Jelgava: LLU, Vol. 2, p. 29–35.
