Sod-seeding of durum wheat: Initial results of a long-term experiment

This research sets out to verify, the feasibility of sod-seeding: under ord inary conditions, typical of our environment, comparing two techniques, a t raditional one based on tillage and another "conservational" one based on n o-tillage. With reference to this first year one the reduction in productio n of wheat in the "sod" thesis did not move above 7% compared to the produc tion obtained from the "tilled" thesis. The differences obtained from the p oint of view of costs, appear to be insignificant, while the "sod" thesis c an deduce an advantage in terms of timeliness and reduction in consumption.