Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) Thesis 2019:13
Dorothee Kolberg
Timeliness in seedbed
preparation for spring cereals:
Studies to prepare for climate change in Norway
Tidsrammen for klargjøring av såbed til vårkorn: Laglighet og klimaendringer i Norge
Norwegian University of Life Sciences Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
Timeliness in seedbed preparation for spring cereals:
Studies to prepare for climate change in Norway
Tidsrammen for klargjøring av såbed til vårkorn:
Laglighet og klimaendringer i Norge
Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) Thesis Dorothee Kolberg
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
Ås 2019
Thesis number 2019:13 ISSN 1894-6402 ISBN 978-82-575-1561-4
PhD Supervisors
Prof. Trond BørresenȋȌ
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Hans Christian Endrerud, PhDȋǦȌ
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Hugh Riley, PhDȋǦȌ
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Prof. Laura AlakukkuȋͳȌ
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Prof. Thomas KellerȋʹȌ
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Marina A. Bleken, PhDȋ Ȍ
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Contents
ABSTRACT ... 1
SAMMENDRAG ... 3
LIST OF PAPERS ... 5
1. INTRODUCTION ... 7
1.1.RATIONALE:THE DILEMMA OF SPRING FIELDWORK TIMELINESS TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE ... 7
1.2.WIDER AGRONOMICAL CONTEXT:NORWEGIAN AND NORTHERN GROWING CONDITIONS FOR SPRING CEREALS ... 9
1.3.SEEDBED PREPARATION FOR SPRING CEREALS ... 18
1.4.POSSIBLE ADAPTATIONS OF SEEDBED PREPARATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ... 36
1.5.RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND HYPOTHESES ... 39
1.6.THESIS STRUCTURE AND DELIMITATIONS ... 40
2. MATERIAL AND METHODS ... 44
2.1.LOCALISATION OF THE STUDIES – CLIMATE AND SOIL TYPE ... 45
2.2.EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND CONCEPTS ... 47
2.3.RESPONSES ... 48
2.4.DATA ANALYSES AND STATISTICS ... 53
3. DISCUSSION OF MAIN RESULTS ... 53
3.1.MINIMUM SOIL PHYSICAL DEGRADATION (PAPER I,PAPER II) ... 53
3.2.MAXIMUM MOISTURE LOSS AFTER SOWING (PAPER III) ... 56
3.3.LONG-TERM FARM MECHANIZATION MANAGEMENT (PAPER IV) ... 59
3.4.COMMON DISCUSSION ... 62
4. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ... 64
5. REFERENCES ... 67
6. APPENDIX ... 83
PAPERS I-IV (Individual page numbers)
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