TY - JOUR AU - Upadhyaya, Shrinivasa K. AU - Lancas, Kleber P. AU - Santos-Filho, Abilio G. AU - Raghuwanshi, Narendra S. TI - One-pass tillage equipment outstrips conventional tillage method JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 2001/09/01 VL - 55 IS - 5 SP - 44 EP - 47 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3733/ca.v055n05p44 L3 - 10.3733/ca.v055n05p44 AB - For this study, we compared a new one-pass tillage implement called the Incorpramaster with a conventional tillage practice of stubble disking and land planing. Our randomized block experiment on the UC Davis campus evaluated the equipment's energy and time savings. We found that the one-pass tillage equipment (OPTE) outperformed conventional land preparation methods in fuel consumption and speed. Fuel savings ranged from 19% to 81% with a mean savings of 50%. Time savings ranged from 67% to 83% with mean of 72%. The mean soil particle size created by the one-pass tillage implement was comparable to that produced by conventional tillage methods.