
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tisdall, JM 
A1  - Adem, HH 
T1  - Effect of water content of soil at tillage on size-distribution of aggregates and infiltration.
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1986
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SP  - 193
EP  - 195
KW  - Soil structural units;aggregates;size;soil water content;Tillage;silty soils;Soil types (textural);Soil water movement;infiltration;Australia;Victoria;Australasia;Oceania;
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9860193 
N2  - In beds of a silty soil in northern Victoria, the wetter the soil (up to a water content of 24 g/100 g soil) when tilled, the less dust (i.e. particles (0.5 mm diameter) and the more clods (particles >20 mm diameter) were formed. Almost no water infiltrated into the beds tilled at a water content of 24% (w/w). In the remaining beds, tilled at water contents ranging from 11 to 22%, infiltration from water confined to 8 cm depth in the furrow was inversely related to the percentage of dust (r2 = 0.57, P< 0.01), and directly related percentage of clods >20 mm diameter (r2 = 0.42, P< 0.01). 
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