Strip-till and conservation tillage improve soil physical quality, water-use efficiency, and soybean productivity under arid irrigated conditions
This three-year field study evaluated conventional moldboard tillage (CT), localized strip-till (LT), and conservation chisel tillage with surface mulch (ConsT) for irrigated soybean production in the Samarkand region of Uzbekistan. The experiment was conducted from 2023 to 2025 in a randomized complete block design...