| 单词 | conservation tillage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconservation tillage conservation tillage n. the tillage or cultivation of soil with minimum disturbance (typically without ploughing) so as to control erosion and conserve soil moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation round tilth1723 infield and outfield1733 terrace1796 superculture1835 terrace-cultivation1860 terrace-culture1863 conservation tillage1897 monoculture1901 strip farming1913 polyculture1915 sailab1916 shifting cultivation1922 strip-cultivation1932 shifting agriculture1934 strip-cropping1936 podu1938 contour terracing1939 strip system1954 swiddening1971 monocropping1974 1897 L. H. Bailey Princ. Fruit-growing iii. 169 Tillage beyond that needed to conserve the moisture is useless; and even this conservation-tillage may well stop in late summer in very many cases. 1974 BioSci. 24 220/2 Favorable effects of zero or minimum tillage on the productivity of corn and sugar beets..and for water, soil, and energy conservation have long been known. It is currently known as conservation tillage. 2001 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. c6/3 Roundup [herbicide] also helped speed the adoption of conservation tillage, a system where farmers do not weed and till the soil before planting; they simply spray weed killer and then plant. < as lemmas |
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