No-Tillage in a Maize-Based Cropping System Leads to Soil Compaction in the Topsoil Layer of a Sandy Textured Soil in a Semi-Arid Region
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2025 |
| 4:38 PM - 4:50 PM |
Overview
Speaker
Mr Seome Michael Swafo
Student
University of Limpopo
No-tillage in a maize-based cropping system leads to soil compaction in the topsoil layer of a sandy textured soil in a semi-arid region
Abstract
No-tillage in a maize-based cropping system leads to soil compaction in the topsoil layer
Biography
Seome Michael Swafo is a Doctor of Philosophy student in Soil Science at the University of Limpopo in South Africa. Seome Swafo holds Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Soil Science from the University of Limpopo. His MSc research on integrating digital soil mapping (computer-assisted production of digital maps of soil types and soil properties) in land use planning marks the start of a scientific career in classical and geostatistics coupled with geographic information systems (GIS), with applications in pedometrics.
