Reduced tillage systems support a… (IGKV- – CET 2024)

✅Explanation: Reduced tillage systems, which minimize soil disturbance, create a more favorable environment for both fungal and bacterial growth compared to conventional tillage. This leads to a more diverse and balanced soil food web, with both fungi and bacteria playing important roles in nutrient cycling, decomposition, and overall soil health.

🔑Key Points:
-Tillage systems that leaves less than 30% crop residue after planting are not considered as conservation tillage (Examples of Conservation tillage: Mulch-till, Ridge-till, no-till). Reduced till systems leaves 15-30% residue cover after planting or 560 to 1120 kg per ha of small grain residues equivalent throughout the critical wind erosion period.
-Conventional-till systems leaves less than 15% residue cover after planting, or less than 560 kg per ha of small grain residue equivalent throughout the critical wind erosion period. E.g.: Plowing.