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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Farms, Agricultural Production Systems > soil management > tillage > conservation tillage > no-tillage
Fields of Study > soil science > soil management > tillage > conservation tillage > no-tillage
Preferred Term:

no-tillage

Definition:
A system of planting crops without tilling the soil with a plow, disk, chisel, or other tillage implement.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
conservation tillage
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • no-tillage systems
  • no-till
  • zero tillage
  • direct drilling (no-tillage)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28631
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2019-12-16
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