PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C. H. Shelton
AU  - F. D. Tompkins
AU  - D. D. Tyler
TI  - Soil erosion from five soybean tillage systems
DP  - 1983 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
PG  - 425--428
VI  - 38
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.jswconline.org/content/38/5/425.short
4100  - http://www.jswconline.org/content/38/5/425.full
AB  - Runoff from natural and simulated rainfall on 0.10-hectare (0.25-acre) plots was analyzed to evaluate soil losses from soybean plots and five different tillage systems on a highly erodible soil in West Tennessee. Soil losses generally were greatest for the conventional-till, single-crop soybean system, followed in order by drilled soybeans; conventional-till, double-cropped soybeans; no-till, double-cropped soybeans; and no-till, single-cropped soybeans. Results are reported for selected storms in the 3-year period 1980–1982. Energy requirements were also monitored and fuel consumption for various tillage practices is presented.