tillage

Preposition: of

• land: Improvements as regards tillage of the land have been lately introduced with very beneficial results.

Converse of object

• reduce: GM herbicide-tolerant crops have also promoted the adoption of farming practices that reduce tillage or eliminate it altogether.
• use: Our range of cultivation equipment enables us to use minimum tillage or plow based systems to maximize versatility and optimize timeliness.

Adjective modifier

• reduced: Of particular interest were the data he gave on the positive effects of reduced tillage.
• minimum: At the same time they've switched entirely to minimum tillage.
• conventional: Conventional tillage, which depletes soil organic matter and creates the conditions for erosion is a major cause.
• mechanical: It builds up as mechanical tillage is reduced and it decreases with increasing mechanical tillage.
• less: Shorter rotations, earlier winter drilling, lower seed rates and less total inversion tillage inevitably mean growing pressures from the weed.
• repeated: In root crops, control is by repeated surface tillage in hot, dry weather.

Modifies a noun

• practice: The study said the adoption of conservation tillage practices has: Saved nearly 1 billion tons of soil per year.
• operation: Management: Normal tillage operations should keep the weed within bounds.
• technique: Minimum tillage techniques have become popular over the recent decades due to the benefits they can bring to farm rotations.
• system: In reduced tillage systems seed numbers increase in the upper 15 cm of soil.
• method: Use of minimum tillage methods and early drilling is also instrumental.
• regime: In a comparison of different tillage regimes, parsley piert was favored by reduced cultivations.

Noun used with modifier

• conservation: In vulnerable areas in the USA, conservation tillage has reduced erosion by up to 95 % .
• inversion: Shorter rotations, earlier winter drilling, lower seed rates and less total inversion tillage inevitably mean growing pressures from the weed.
• surface: In root crops, control is by repeated surface tillage in hot, dry weather.
• mulch: Other methods and strategies: mulch tillage, killed mulch tillage and living mulches.
• ridge: Of the three conservation measures tested, bench terraces are the most effective in erosion control, followed by ridge tillage and grass strips.