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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 4 (2015) 126 – 132 IRLA2014. The Effects of Irrigation and Drainage on Rural and Urban Landscapes, Patras, Greece The effects of tillage on soil water content in dry areas Meryem Kuzucua and Funda Dökmenb* a Pistachio Research Station Directorate, Gaziantep, TÜRKİYE. b University of Kocaeli, Vocational School of Food & Agricultural , Campus of Arslanbey, 41285 Arslanbey-Kartepe, Kocaeli, TÜRKİYE. Abstract Annual rainfall is less than 500 mm of rainfall in the dry farming regions in order to be stored in the soil processing. At the time, and is provided with a sufficient number of the version of weed control, leveling a good soil is obtained, the temperature of the soil evaporation will be blocked, and capillarity corruption prevented erosion. Some dry land farming areas is 7-8 times a year. As a result of the false and incorrect versions of the soil organic matter content decreases, due to the heavy traffic and rainfall feeds into and hardens. Also, the more time the soil impermeable layer consists of the processing of terrain plow deep, it's broken, you need to increase water permeability changes in the ground. Our country's (Türkiye) Southeastern Anatolia region, especially during the period of erroneous releases summer soil cultivation of pistachios to crack and evaporate the water accumulated in the profile. In this region, the soil is less to prevent evaporation and mulch practices are required to do. Usually in the winter and spring to gain ground in both the water and the soil is completely dry in order to struggle for and type weeds, cracks and prevent evaporation of water to close the land sliding. In our region the soil structure and the orchards slope, vegetation, depending on the year, to a loss of between 40-100 tons per hectare. Soil processing by lose ground is important for quantities of soil and water losses in every year. The importance of the land in agricultural production processing topics, manufacturers, increases productivity with timely and accurate processing of applications on soil. In addition to the increase in the efficiency of handling soil erosion by the soil protection and control of soil water contents are benefits such as to conservation. In this study, tillage, reduced tillage in dry farming areas, mulching and soil moisture content will rely upon. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under under responsibility responsibility of of Data Technological Institute of Epirus, Hydroconcept R&D (www.hydroconcept.gr) Peer-review Research Educational and Consulting Keywords: Drought; evaporation; semi-arid area; soil moisture; water management 1. Introduction Tillage is one of the fundamental practices of agricultural management. It is the procedure by which man disturbs, overturns and rearranges the soil to create favorable soil physical conditions for crop growth. The tillage operation loosens, granulate, crush, and even compact the soil practices. Any tillage operation that changes soil bulk * Corresponding author Tel:+90-262-3514053; Fax: +90 262 3514038 E-mail address: [email protected] & [email protected] 2210-7843 © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of Data Research and Consulting doi:10.1016/j.aaspro.2015.03.015 Meryem Kuzucu and Funda Dökmen / Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 4 (2015) 126 – 132 127 density in turn modifies pore size distribution, water holding capacity, infiltration rate, and soil and water erosion. Tillage system desirable in one of location may be a complete failure in another location (Khan et al., 1999). Braunack et al., 1971, Heard et al., 1988 and Unger et al., 1991 were studied impact of different tillage practices and the effects of tillage on soil water content. Agricultural production in the arid and semi-arid areas of Türkiye is highly dependent on rainfall because water for irrigation is scarce or farmers cannot afford the technology. In order to have successful rainfed crop production in these areas, rain water conservation is essential (Barron et. al., 2003). The success of on-fram soil water conservation however depends upon many soil factors such as soil bulk density, porosity, soil surface sealing and crusting, surface roughness, hardpans, hydraulic conductivity, and infiltration rates as they determine the hydrological properties of soil (Strudley et al., 2008). Soil water conservation through is widely accepted as one of the appropriate ways of addressing soil moisture constraints in rainfed agriculture (Miriti, 2013) Soil surface ruoughness can however change considerably with rain, wind and soil cultivation events (Guzha, 2004). 2. Tillage in Southeastern of Türkiye At the beginning of our country's most important agricultural problem comes from water erosion. Using digital satellite data in our country lately arid regions that are important for the development of new methods and thus contributed to the use of the land is suitable for the purpose. All that humanity's future food supply and protect against soil erosion depends on the usage and attentive. In different regions of Turkey in studies related to soil erosion, erosion were quite high on the size of the tolerance value. Which is a very important issue of agriculture on soil erosion is not found in a study in Gaziantep enough. This works together with the prevention of erosion of local farmers in seminars, in efficient land use and protected it is observed that a significant lack of information. Also informed farmers on erosion-menu with the lack of reported losses would have increased even more. Incorrect due to erosion caused by agricultural practices, soil nutrients and organic matter is lost. Gaziantep, the Mediterranean region and at the confluence of Southeastern Anatolia, Syria, and a large portion of a neighboring border provinces in the western part of the Southeastern Anatolia Region, situated in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. Approximately 52% of the surface area of the mountains, the plains, covers 27% (Anonymous, 2007). Agricultural practices in various ways in Gaziantep approximately 382,077 ha of land with 9,235 ha of it is left fallow, 85,040 ha pistachio and 20,911 ha olives are grown (Anonymous 2007). In Gaziantep various agricultural way restrict erosion, soil shallowness, stony, rocky and drainage disorders such problems are available and moderately eroded soils 243,440 hectares with 32.2% a ratio, very severe erosion of 26% at a rate of 196,589 hectares of land covers (Anonymous, 2007). This study explored that erosion of agricultural land and suggestions have been made in accordance with local farmers in Gaziantep (Fig. 1, 2, 3). Soil erosion is sensitive to the importance of the soil structure is quite large. Silt and fine sand content in the soil, the higher, the greater is the potential credibility. Silt and sand contents of soil were high. As reported soil erosion rate sensitivity increases with sand and silt soil given that the erosion risk is present in the region investigated is evident. Results showed that physical and chemical analysis of soil, the value of this land is in high alkaline calcium content are very high and Nitrogen (N) is seen to be deficient. In addition, to increase the soil's water holding capacity, as well as holding both nutrients play an important role in aggregate stability is very low in organic matter clearly. In this way the use of climatic factors and soil, as well as stubble burning in these lands and use of organic fertilizers in the region plays a major role in the widespread absence. It also triggered soil erosion and soil fertility decline is caused. Calcium, magnesium, phosphate, and potassium contents of soil are observed to be higher. In the same way, calcium and magnesium salts, clays combine with chemical chains have instituted and the condition of the clay mobility limiting plant nutrients storage block and clay silt to behave like that is why stated. We know that increasing the stability of the clay. However, in such a situation can not show this feature it is possible to see clearly. Organic matter of the soil was very low according to the examiner of field. Soil organic matter constitutes the majority of soil nitrogen reserve. Decomposition of organic matter by micro-organisms in the soil during which releases carbon dioxide causes accumulation of carbonic acid. Carbonic acid increases the solubility of the other elements. In the soil so that said mobility is a nutrient. Organic substances such as phosphorus and sulfur are also helpful uniform passage of elements also provides plants. The organic matter in the soil particularly in dry climates to improve certain physical properties of the soil as well as by improving the water retention capacity of the soil increases aggregate stability. These results, some measures should be taken to indicate that time is passing. These can be briefly listed as follows: Nitrogen deficiency as well as to reduce the organic 128 Meryem Kuzucu and Funda Dökmen / Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 4 (2015) 126 – 132 fertilizer, especially nitrogen from the air due to bacteria in the roots of legumes and fodder crops grown linking is required. Fig. 1. Soil tillage for soil conservation Fig. 2. Eroded fruit trees Meryem Kuzucu and Funda Dökmen / Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 4 (2015) 126 – 132 129 Fig. 3. Soil erosion in Southeast Anatolia, Türkiye 3. Tillage for fruit trees As with all fruit trees and plenty of pistachios in the year to get quality products and timely maintenance operations must be carried out regularly. This maintenance operation comes at the beginning of cultivation. Pistachio cultivation in areas where irrigation facilities and lack of rainfall is needed, as well as tillage is gaining importance due to the drought. According to the calculations made when the annual water consumption of pistachio nuts is 750-800 mm. However, more than 90% of the production is done in South-eastern Anatolia total annual precipitation is 250-550 mm. Under these circumstances, or to irrigation or rainfall is needed to maintain the falling water in the soil. For this purpose, tillage should be done. Pistachio trees tillage time and as required except when the tree vegetative growth significantly reduced product loss occurs, the inner fruit yield falls, diseases and pests against the tree's resistance decreases. Fig. 4. Pistachio tillage in Southeast of Türkiye Shock when entering the winter plow as deep as three or five strokes made (diagonal) version of rainwater down into the lower layers of soil that enables it to be done in a major tillage. Farmer’s version also 8 times tillage for pistachio trees (Fig. 4) it is in place and more inclined contour version of the garden is a little difficult to make. 130 Meryem Kuzucu and Funda Dökmen / Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 4 (2015) 126 – 132 Perpendicular to the slope terracing, tillage is not possible, should be performed. In the spring, usually done twice and superficial tillage. First tillage for weed control in April, the second version immediately after cessation of the rains in May, while in annealing soil in weed control and soil water conservation is done for. Conventional tillage is usually done in the area so as primary tillage tool used plows and soil at a depth of 25-30 cm is processed. Soil is the top to bottom at a depth of cut. Conventional tillage, especially in our country brings intense and excessive soil tillage, soil compaction and erosion increases. Of land in Turkey 34.4% of the erosion fueled high slope (15-40%) is made up of the area is further increased this risk. Researches show that an average of 150 tons ha/year of soil loss is concerned revealed in the world (Anonymous, 2004). Informed today by farmers to prevent erosion on steep slopes versions are made perpendicular to the slope. In order to protect soils from erosion version is done by adding various organic materials (Fig.5, 6). Fig. 5. Combating erosion and slope parallel tillage Fig. 6. Tillage to prevent erosion Direct sowing began to be used extensively throughout the world, especially in areas with average annual rainfall of 200-500 mm had the opportunity to successful implementation. Besides planting in arid regions with good planning can be applied directly. Thus, the storage water in the soil and consequently a better yield is expected to be an increase. The success of direct seeding depends on timely and appropriate use of equipment. Direct sowing method, seed placement order of 25-35% of the total area planted 'to affect more than is required. This rate of 25% Meryem Kuzucu and Funda Dökmen / Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 4 (2015) 126 – 132 131 is attempted to be downloaded below. Thus; • Soil moisture loss is minimized, • Less germination of weed seeds is provided, • Less fuel is consumed, • Water and wind erosion is reduced. Fig. 7(a). Olieve trees in Southeast Anotolia Fig. 7(b). Olieve trees under the erosion in Southeast Anotolia 4. Conclusion Erosion is a natural event cannot be prevented. Every moment, everywhere is an ongoing process. This process can be seen with the naked eye such as sizes that can last for centuries that can influence can be observed in a few years. In order to protect the existing soil and grass plants such as trees should be planted in soil. Trees and herbaceous plants, reducing the effects of wind and rain erosion, provide less effective realization. 132 Meryem Kuzucu and Funda Dökmen / Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 4 (2015) 126 – 132 Energy has become increasingly expensive and intensive process, increasing with soil erosion, farmers and researchers have turned to alternative tillage methods. For this purpose, as an alternative to conventional tillage conservation tillage methods have been developed. Field surface thus coated with 30% of crop residues is to reduce the density keeping tillage (Fig.7a, 7b). Conservation tillage; strip tillage, during tillage, mulch tillage, reduced tillage and direct seeding method consists of. Direct sowing after sowing cultural processes used for secondary tillage tools. Direct sowing is an application of zero tillage; no tillage during the entire vegetation will be made. 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