Tilth, the Glossary
Tilth is a physical condition of soil, especially in relation to its suitability for planting or growing a crop.[1]
Table of Contents
28 relations: Alfalfa, Barley, Cover crop, Crop rotation, Earthworm, Effective microorganism, Friability, Harrow (tool), Korean natural farming, Mycorrhiza, Natural farming, No-till farming, Oat, Organic matter, Pea, Permaculture, Polygonaceae, Rye, Soil aggregate stability, Soil biology, Soil carbon sponge, Soil compaction, Soil conditioner, Soil management, Tillage, Trifolium pratense, Wheat, Winter wheat.
- Soil chemistry
Alfalfa
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), also called lucerne, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae.
Barley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.
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Cover crop
In agriculture, cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested.
Crop rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons.
Earthworm
An earthworm is a soil-dwelling terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. Tilth and earthworm are soil biology.
Effective microorganism
Effective microorganisms (EM) are various blends of common predominantly anaerobic microorganisms in a carbohydrate-rich liquid carrier substrate (molasses nutrient solution) of EM Research Organization, Inc.Effective Microorganisms EM and EM・1 are the trademarks of Em Research Organization, Inc., Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan.
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Friability
In materials science, friability, the condition of being friable, describes the tendency of a solid substance to break into smaller pieces under stress or contact, especially by rubbing.
In agriculture, a harrow is a farm implement used for surface tillage.
Korean natural farming
Korean natural farming (KNF) is an organic agricultural method that takes advantage of indigenous microorganisms (IMO) (bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and protozoa) to produce rich soil that yields high output without the use of herbicides or pesticides.
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Mycorrhiza
A mycorrhiza (mycorrhiza, or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant. Tilth and mycorrhiza are soil biology.
Natural farming
Natural farming (自然農法, shizen nōhō),1975 1978 re-presentation The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming.
No-till farming
No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage.
Oat
The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural).
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Organic matter
Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.
Pea
Pea (pisum in Latin) is a pulse, vegetable or fodder crop, but the word often refers to the seed or sometimes the pod of this flowering plant species.
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Permaculture
Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems.
Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States.
Rye
Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop.
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Soil aggregate stability
Soil aggregate stability is a measure of the ability of soil aggregates—soil particles that bind together—to resist breaking apart when exposed to external forces such as water erosion and wind erosion, shrinking and swelling processes, and tillage. Tilth and soil aggregate stability are soil science.
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Soil biology
Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Tilth and soil biology are soil science.
Soil carbon sponge
Soil carbon sponge (or soil sponge) is porous, well-aggregated soil in good health, better able to absorb and retain water. Tilth and soil carbon sponge are soil science.
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Soil compaction
In geotechnical engineering, soil compaction is the process in which stress applied to a soil causes densification as air is displaced from the pores between the soil grains. Tilth and soil compaction are soil science.
Soil conditioner
A soil conditioner is a product which is added to soil to improve the soil’s physical qualities, usually its fertility (ability to provide nutrition for plants) and sometimes its mechanics. Tilth and soil conditioner are soil improvers.
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Soil management
Soil management is the application of operations, practices, and treatments to protect soil and enhance its performance (such as soil fertility or soil mechanics). Tilth and soil management are soil science.
Tillage
Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium pratense (from Latin prātum, meaning meadow), red clover, is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalized in many other regions.
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Wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world.
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Winter wheat
Winter wheat (usually Triticum aestivum) are strains of wheat that are planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring.
See also
Soil chemistry
- Acid sulfate soil
- Agrominerals
- Alkaline soils
- Ammonia volatilization from urea
- Base-richness
- Bjerrum plot
- Calcareous
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon-to-nitrogen ratio
- Cation-exchange capacity
- Cheluviation
- Clay mineral
- Dopplerite
- Fertilizers
- Glomalin
- Humic substance
- Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test
- Integrated pest management
- Liming (soil)
- Organic geochemistry
- Organosulfur chemistry
- Phosphorus cycle
- Podsolisation
- Potassium humate
- Redox
- Residual sodium carbonate index
- SahysMod
- SaltMod
- Schikorr reaction
- Sodium adsorption ratio
- Soil acidification
- Soil chemistry
- Soil contamination
- Soil pH
- Sulfur cycle
- Tilth